Markoff, John Chip technology's friendly rivals.
(John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson co-author computer science
textbook) New York Times v140 (June 4, 1991):C1(N),
D1(L).
Abstract: There is currently an intense
rivalry in the computer industry: on one side is a group of companies
led by MIPS Computer Inc, with John L. Hennessy, a computer scientist
at Stanford University; and on the other side are companies led by Sun
Microsystems Inc, with David A. Patterson, a computer scientist at
Berkeley. The two maintain a friendship, even collaborating on a
popular textbook titled 'Computer Architecture: A Quantitative
Approach.' They share much in common: both promote a simplified
approach to computer design called reduced-instruction-set (RISC)
computing, and both subordinate corporate rivalry to the enjoyment of
creating new technology. Each of their groups' now promotes its own
chip, which emerged from research done at Stanford and Berkeley,
respectively. Both devices are RISC chips.