Quoting Kelsey Hartigan Go <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Francis D. Dimzon wrote: > > > Hey guys, maybe you can help me figure this out. > > We plan to give an award to outstanding computer science graduate. > > As much as possible we want to avoid foreign names such as > > Dijkstra Award, Knuth Award, Aho Award.... > > We want to honor a Filipino who excel and a forerunner in the > > field of computer science. > > Any suggestions? > > Please help... > > Willy Gan award? (he has a Phd in Physics) > Does it have to be a living person?
How about a Diosdado Banatao award? Banatao's Contributions to the Computer Industry: 1. First single-chip, 16-bit microprocessor-based calculator (while at Commodore in 1976) 2. First single-chip MicroVAX for Digital Equipment 3. First 10-Mbit Ethernet CMOS with silicon coupler data-link control and transreceiver chip; got 3Com into the Ethernet PC add-in card business (while at Seeq in early 1980s) 4. First system logic chip set for the PC-XT and the PC-AT (while at Mostron in 1984 and Chips and Technologies in 1985) 5. First enhanced graphics adapter chip set (while at Chips and Technologies in 1985) 6. Pioneered local bus concept for PC (while at S3 in 1989) 7. First Windows accelerator chip (while at S3 in 1990) 8. Chips & Techs - acquired by Intel Brian -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
