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- From: glew@pdx007.intel.com (Andy Glew)
- Subject: Re: Scientists as Programmers (was Re: Small Language Wanted)
- In-Reply-To: declrckd@rtsg.mot.com's message of Tue, 1 Sep 1992 18:56:22 GMT
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- Organization: Intel Corp., Hillsboro, Oregon
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- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 04:22:03 GMT
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- Maybe some of our esteemed colleagues in the processor design fields can
- shed some light as to how much concurrent engineering is done on a project.
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- I'm not very esteemed, but I can tell you that there is enough
- concurrent development to make your head spin. Compilers are being
- developed at the same time as microarchitecture at the same time as
- critical circuits are being laid out at the same time as ...
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- Hell! The previous generation of silicon that you have to be
- compatible with is being developed at almost the same time!
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- I was told that one of the chief requirements for the position as
- computer architect that I was interviewing for was the ability to
- communicate. They hired me anyway.
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- Andy Glew, glew@ichips.intel.com
- Intel Corp., M/S JF1-19, 5200 NE Elam Young Pkwy,
- Hillsboro, Oregon 97124-6497
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- of Intel Corp.
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