Computer & electronics hardware
Simeon Simeonov
Left software engineering to engineer startups.
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Ali Hajimiri
Developed an entire radar system, squeezed into a single chip
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Pierre Sillard
Devised a software modeling tool that enabled him to design complex optical fibers now being manufactured for use in very-high-capacity communications systems.
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Vance Bjorn
Partnered with fellow TR100 honoree Serge Belongie (see above) to found a Redwood City, CA, biometrics company that specializes in fingerprint recog-nition for computer access.
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Jonathan Abrams
Created the Nets top social-networking site, where eight million people communicate with friends and friends of friends.