Mark Dean Co-inventor of the PC

Mark Dean the Computer Scientist


Career

Born March 2nd, 1957

Mark Dean is a Computer Scientist and engineer. He has developed many historically significant technologies for companies like IBM.

After graduating from University of Tennessee in 1979, Mark got a job at IBM which he would be associated with for the rest of his career

It was there at IBM that he and his peer, Dennis Moeller, developed the Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) systems bus.
The ISA provides a basic route for peripheral devices attached to a motherboard to communicate with different circuits or
other devices that are also attached to the same motherboard.

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Mark Deans revolutionary work at IBM did not end there.

"His work led to the development of the color PC monitor and, in 1999, Dean led a team of engineers at IBM's Austin, Texas, lab to create the first gigahertz chip—a revolutionary piece of technology that is able to do a billion calculations a second."

Later On

Even though Mark found early success in his career, he went on to earn a master's degree in electrical engineering from Florida Atlantic University in 1982.

Furthermore, in 1996 his contributions to the world of computer science were recognized when he was named an IBM fellow, the first ever African American to receive the honor.

The recognition of his excellence didn't stop there. A year later the Black Engineer of the Year President's Award and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Additionally, in 2001, he was selected to be a member of the National Academy of Engineers. Mark Dean's name might not be as big a Steve Jobs or Bill Gates.

However, his contributions to the computer world are astronomical. He holds 3 of IBM's orginal patents and in total has more than 40 of his own.