Biographical sketches of authors
Frank E. Levine
IBM Microelectronics Division, 11400 Burnet Road, Austin, Texas 78758
(levine@austin.ibm.com). Mr. Levine received a B.S. in
mathematics from Tufts University in 1970 and an M.S. in mathematics
from Purdue University in 1972. He continued taking graduate courses in
mathematics and computer science until 1974, when he joined the IBM
Federal Systems Division, where he was a lead programmer for various
software components for the ground support system for the shuttle at
Cape Kennedy, Florida. In 1979, he moved to Austin, Texas, where he was
a lead programmer on various software development projects, including
DisplayWriter*, DisplayWrite*, and OS/2 EE* Data Base Manager. In 1989,
Mr. Levine became a Software Development Program Manager for AIX* RISC
System/6000* development projects. In 1992, he joined the PowerPC
System Architecture Department and coauthored the book RISC
System/6000 PowerPC System Architecture, which was published by
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc. In 1995, he started work on the PM
API, which he is currently enhancing, with P2 and P2SC support
scheduled to be completed in 1997.
Charles P. Roth
Somerset Design Center, IBM Corporation, 11400 Burnet Road, Austin,
Texas 78758 (cproth@ibmoto.com). Mr. Roth received a B.S. in
electrical engineering from Texas A&M University in 1989 and an M.S. in
electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1991.
In 1989 he joined the IBM RISC System/6000 processor design group in
Austin, where he worked on the design verification of the POWER and RSC
(RISC single-chip) processors. In 1991 he joined the PowerPC
microprocessor design team, where he has contributed to the design of
the PowerPC 601*, PowerPC 604, and PowerPC 604e microprocessors in the
areas of timing analysis, design methodology, performance monitoring
instrumentation, and logic design. He is currently working on an
undisclosed PowerPC product.
*Trademark or registered trademark of International Business
Machines Corporation.
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