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Dave Jaggar
David Jaggar (born 4 February 1967) is a computer scientist who was responsible for the development of the ARM architecture between 1992 and 2000, redefining it from a low-cost workstation processor to the dominant embedded system processor. Early life and education Jaggar was born in 1967 in Christchurch, New Zealand and was educated at Shirley Boys' High School. He attended the University of Canterbury, where he gained a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science in 1987 and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science in 1991. His Master's thesis was titled ''A Performance Study of the Acorn RISC Machine'', in which he exposed shortcomings of the early ARM designs. Career Jaggar joined Cambridge-based ARM in June 1991, as a programmer and initially developed the ARMulator instruction set simulator. He is the designer of the ARM7 microprocessor and architect of the ARM7D, ARM7DM and ARM7TDMI processors. He is also the architect of the ARM9TDMI processor, having d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christchurch
Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / Ōtākaro flows through the centre of the city, with an urban park along its banks. The city's territorial authority population is people, and includes a number of smaller urban areas as well as rural areas. The population of the urban area is people. Christchurch is the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand, after Auckland. It is the major urban area of an emerging sub-region known informally as Greater Christchurch. Notable smaller urban areas within this sub-region include Rangiora and Kaiapoi in Waimakariri District, north of the Waimakariri River, and Rolleston and Lincoln in Selwyn District to the south. The first inhabitants migrated to the area sometime between 1000 and 1250 AD. They hunted moa, which led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
