11 Facts About John Mashey

1.

John R Mashey was born on 1946 and is an American computer scientist, director and entrepreneur.

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2.

John Mashey then moved to Silicon Valley to join Convergent Technologies, ending as director of software.

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3.

John Mashey joined MIPS Computer Systems in early 1985, managing operating systems development, and helping design the MIPS RISC architecture, as well as specific CPUs, systems and software.

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4.

John Mashey continued similar work at Silicon Graphics, contributing to the design of the NUMAflex modular computer architecture using NUMAlink, ending as VP and chief scientist.

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5.

John Mashey chaired technical conferences on operating systems and CPU chips, and gave public talks on software engineering, RISC design, performance benchmarking and supercomputing.

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6.

John Mashey has been credited for being the first to spread the term and concept of big data in the 1990s.

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7.

John Mashey became a consultant for venture capitalists and high-tech companies and a trustee of the Computer History Museum in 2001.

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8.

John Mashey has written articles for the Skeptical Inquirer regarding climate change denial.

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9.

John Mashey's report concluded that the Wegman Report contained plagiarized text.

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10.

John Mashey became a scientific and technical consultant for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in 2015.

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11.

John Mashey is married to Angela Hey, a Cambridge University and Waterloo University graduate with a Ph.

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