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Computer & electronics hardware

Robert Drost

Pioneered a wireless technology to eliminate the wired connections between closely spaced chips in computer systems.
Year Honored
2004
Organization
Principal investigator, Sun Microsystems
Region
Global

"The advance, enabling a 100-fold speed gain over wired connectors, will be crucial to future Sun supercomputers."

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Jesse Schell

Invents new forms of digital visualization.

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Ramesh Raskar

Built large computer display systems that seamlessly combine images from multiple projectors.

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Aref Chowdhury

Invented techniques at Bell Labs that enable higher-speed transmission of data over very long distances (up to 6,400 kilometers) within fiber-optic networks.

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Anuj Batra

Leads one of the industrys top teams advancing ultrawideband wireless technology, which provides the high transmission speeds needed for streaming-media applications while consuming little power.
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