CPE INVENTORS

Computer engineers are responsible for designing,

developing, implementing and testing computerbased hardware and software. refers to the study
that integrates electronic engineering with
computer sciences to design and develop computer
systems and other technological devices. Computer
engineers specializing in software need to be fluent
in a variety of programming languages, like Java
and C++.

3 FAMOUS CPE INVENTORS

An Wang
Linus Torvalds

AN WANG
An Wang was a Chinese-American computer engineer and
inventor, who did formidable work in the field of magnetic core
memory. He was a Chinese immigrant and a who became an
important figure in the electronics industry. His successful
journey began when he created a pulse transfer device, together
with a colleague, which is an important part of the development
of magnetic core memory. He followed this invention with the
development of write-after-read cycle thus solving the
destructive read out problem, inherent to magnetic core memory.
This was a key breakthrough in making magnetic core memory
devices a viable option for storing data. He obtained a large sum
of money from many organizations that used his patented design
for construction of the memory pattern in manufacturing of
computers.

LINUS TORVALDS
Named by Time magazine as the one of the most
influential people in the world, Linus Torvalds is the
creative genius behind the Linux kernel operating
system. He wrote it as a part of his Masters thesis
titled, Linux: A Portable Operating System' at the
young age of 21. Listed in The Britannica Guide's 'The
100 Most Influential Inventors of All Time', he is also
listed 17th on the Time magazines poll of Time 100:
The Most Important People of the Century'. He is one
of the worlds most renowned software programmers,
who revolutionised the computer industry.