James E. Smith
James Edward Smith (born November 29, 1950 ) is an American computer engineer.
Smith studied electrical engineering at the University of Illinois with a bachelor's degree in 1972, a master's degree in 1974 and a doctorate in 1976. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison , apart from longer periods in industry ( Cray Research) from 1979 to 1981 and from 1984 to 1989.
He is known for some innovations in the micro-architecture of advanced processors, such as branch prediction and reorder buffers , which enable out-of-order execution .
Most recently he has been working on co-designed virtual machines , computer architectures with the simultaneous development of system-related software and hardware.
In 1999 he received the Eckert-Mauchly Award .
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Individual evidence
- ^ Smith A study of branch prediction strategies , Proceedings of the 8th annual symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA 81), 1981, pp. 135-148
- ↑ Andrew Peszkun, James E. Smith Implementation of precise interrupts in pipelined processors , Proc. Computer Architecture, 1985, 34-44
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Smith, James E. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smith, James Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American computer engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1950 |