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Stephen Unger

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Stephen Unger · Technology & Engineering

What

Pioneered parallel and cellular computing architectures.

When

1931, United States — 2023, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Stephen Unger is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Pioneered parallel and cellular computing architectures.

How & why

Stephen H. Unger was an American computer scientist and electrical engineer at Columbia University, one of the founders of the theory of asynchronous (self-timed) sequential circuits, and author of a standard reference on the subject. He also studied parallel and cellular computing architectures and wrote on engineering ethics. He was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Computer Science

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Pioneered parallel and cellular computing architectures.

1931

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Computer Science