Dr. Mark Dean
Computer Inventions
Dr. Mark Dean is considered a genius in mathematics computer inventors in the world.
He is an American inventor and a computer engineer.He holds three of nine PC patents for being the co-creator of the IBM personal computer released in 1981. He was part of the team that developed the ISA bus, and later breakthroughs included work that led to the creation of the color PC monitor and the first gigahertz chip, which allows a machine to compute a billion calculations per second and is instrumental in everything from computer systems to gaming consoles today.
He holds three of IBM’s original nine PC patents. He was named an IBM fellow, the first African-American ever to receive the honor. A year later, he was honored with the Black Engineer of the Year President’s Award and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. In 2001, he was tapped to be a member of the National Academy of Engineers. In 1995, Dr. Dean was named an IBM Fellow in 1995, one of only 50 active fellows of IBM’s 300,000 employees. Dean was the first African American to be honored with IBM Fellowship.
In 1997 Dean was Vice President of Performance for the RS/6000 Division and, along with his colleague Dennis Moeller, Dean was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame For inventing “a system that has allowed PCs to become part of our lives.”
In 1999, as Director of IBM’s Austin Research Lab (in Austin, Texas), he lead the team that built a gigahertz (1000mhz) chip which did a billion calculations per second.
In 2001 he was elected member of the National Academy of Engineers (NAE).
In 2004, Dr. Dean was selected as one of the 50 Most Important Blacks in Research Science.
His most powerful quote is the following
“A LOT OF KIDS GROWING UP TODAY AREN’T TOLD THAT YOU CAN BE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO BE,” HE SAID. “THERE MAY BE OBSTACLES, BUT THERE ARE NO LIMITS.”
In his early childhood, he excelled in academics. In elementary school and high school, he took advanced level math. Dr. Dean even built his own computer, radio, and amplifier. With his passion and drive he went on to obtain a Bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee, a Master’s Degree in electrical engineering from Florida Atlantic University and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford. He is one of the most prominent black inventors in the field of computers.
Dr. Mark Dean started working at IBM in 1980. He holds the 3 of the original 9 patents on the computer that all PCs are based upon.
He was extremely instrumental in the invention of the Personal Computer (PC).
He has more than 20 total patents. Dr. Dean along with Dennis Moeller, developed the interior architecture (ISA systems bus) that enables multiple devices, like modem and printer, to be connected to personal computers. Then he worked for a number of years before considering his doctorate.
His inventions has catapulted IBM and made tremendous instrumental changes in areas ranging from the research and application of systems technology circuits to operating environments.
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