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Brooks, Frederick Phillips was born on April 19, 1931 in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Son of Frederick Phillips and Octavia Hooker (Broome) Brooks.
(Gerry Blaauw and Fred Brooks are two of the most prominen...)
Gerry Blaauw and Fred Brooks are two of the most prominent names in computer architecture. In this remarkable book, long-known in the field and widely used in manuscript form, they provide a definitive design guide and reference for practicing computer architects. Blaauw and Brooks first elaborate a conceptual framework for understanding computer architecture. They then describe not only what present architectural practice is, but how it came to be so. They examine both innovations that survived and became part of the standard computer, as well as the many ideas that were tried and discarded. The authors' goals are to introduce architects to unfamiliar design alternatives, and to analyze and systematize familiar ones. The designer's most important study, they argue, is other people's designs, and this book is a unique resource for information about them. Armed with the factors pro and con on the various known solutions to design problems, computer architects will be able themselves to determine the most fruitful course for their own technology or application.
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Brooks, Frederick Phillips was born on April 19, 1931 in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Son of Frederick Phillips and Octavia Hooker (Broome) Brooks.
AB summa cum laude in Physics, Duke U., 1953; Master of Science, Harvard University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1956; D. Technology Science (honorary), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule -Zurich, 1991.
Engineer, International Business Machines Corporation, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1956-1959;
engineer, International Business Machines Corporation, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1959-1960;
manager development computer System/360, International Business Machines Corporation, Poughkeepsie, 1960-1964;
manager development Operating System/360, International Business Machines Corporation, Poughkeepsie, 1964-1965;
founder computer science Department, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1964;
professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1964-1975;
department chairman computer science, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1964-1984;
Kenan professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1975. Board directors Triangle U. Computation Center, 1966-1984, chairman, 1975-1977, North Carolina.Ednl. Computing Svc., since 1965.
Active Defense Science Board, 1982-1986, National Science Board, 1987-1992.
(The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering Pa...)
(Gerry Blaauw and Fred Brooks are two of the most prominen...)
(The Mythical Man Month)
(Data Processing)
Chairman Executive Committee Center Carolina Billy Graham Crusade, 1972-1973. TrusteeDurham Academy, president, 1977-1980. Member corporation Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, 1968-1977.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (John von Neumann medal 1993), American Academy Arts and Sciences, Association Computing Machinery (county member-at-large 1966-1970, Distinguished Svc.award 1987, Allen Newell award 1994), British Computer Society (distinguished). Member National Academy of Engineering, Royal Netherland Academy Arts and Sciences, Royal Academy Engineering (United Kingdom).
Married Nancy Lee Greenwood, June 16, 1956. Children: Kenneth Phillips, Roger Greenwood, Barbara Brooks LaDine.