Biographical sketches of authors
Michael Mueller
IBM System/390 Division, Schoenaicherstrasse 220, 71032 Boeblingen, Germany (mulm@de.ibm.com).
Mr. Mueller is a Senior Engineer working in the S/390 Licensed Internal Code Design group. He studied electrical engineering at the University of Stuttgart and received his Dipl. Ing. degree in 1985. He joined IBM in 1985, working in the S/370 Product Assurance Test Laboratory in Boeblingen. He has held various positions in microcode development and system design, and is currently responsible for coordinating RAS microcode and hardware interface development in Boeblingen.
Luiz C. Alves
IBM System/390 Division, 522 South Road, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601 (alves@us.ibm.com).
Mr. Alves is a Senior Engineer working in the S/390 System Design group. He graduated from New York University in 1975 with a B.S. degree in electrical engineering and received his M.S. degree in electrical engineering in 1977 from the Polytechnic Institute of New York. He joined IBM in 1977, working in the Advanced System Manufacturing Engineering organization, where he held various technical and managerial positions. In 1985 Mr. Alves was named Manager of 3090 Field Quality Assurance; in 1987 he became the RAS manager for the 9021 processor families. He is currently responsible for defining the RAS requirements for future products.
Wolfgang Fischer
IBM System/390 Division, Schoenaicherstrasse 220, 71032 Boeblingen, Germany (fischerw@de.ibm.com).
Mr. Fischer studied electrical engineering at the University of Siegen and received his master's degree (Dipl. Ing.) in 1985. He joined IBM in January 1986 in the Hardware Development Department for S/370 in Boeblingen. Mr. Fischer has held various positions in hardware and microcode development; he is currently in microcode development and has RAS responsibilities.
Myron L. Fair
IBM System/390 Division, 522 South Road, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601 (mlfair@us.ibm.com).
Mr. Fair is an Advisory Engineer in the S/390 Systems RAS group. He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1967 with a B.S. degree in mathematics. He joined IBM that same year in the Systems Development Division, where he held various technical positions related to field and development RAS, and in Special Contracts technical assessment. In 1980, he transferred to the Group Staff Headquarters and became Manager of Product RAS Analysis in 1984. Mr. Fair is currently the team leader for RAS requirements and objectives for S/390 servers.
Indravadan (Dan) Modi
IBM System/390 Division, 522 South Road, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601 (modidan@us.ibm.com).
Mr. Modi is an Advisory Engineer working in the S/390 Custom Microprocessor Design group. He graduated from Gujarat University, India, in 1966 with a B.S. degree in electrical engineering and received his M.S. degree in electrical engineering in 1968 from Utah State University, Logan, Utah. He joined IBM in Pougheepsie, New York, that same year, working in the Power System Design area, where he held various technical positions. Mr. Modi moved to IBM East Fishkill in 1982 as a manager of an electrical analysis group which was responsible for substrate electrical characteristics along with delta-I and coupled-noise analysis. He returned to Poughkeepsie in 1986 to join a system assurance group, where he was responsible for system technology assurance. In 1990, he joined the RAS group, where he was responsible for technology reliability, SPQL, and development of system test and acceptance specifications. In 1998 he moved to the Custom Microprocessor Design group, where he is currently responsible for chip/MCM reliability, SPQL, and the system test and acceptance specifications for all S/390 products.
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