Jim Kahle is an IBM Fellow and Chief Architect and Director of Technology at the center for Cell Technology in Austin, Texas. Mr. Kahle was born in Venezuela where his father worked in the oil business. He received his B.S. degree from Rice University in 1983. He has been working for IBM since the early 1980s on RISC-based microprocessors. His work started in physical design tools and is currently concentrated on RISC architecture. Wikipedia
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