Stephen P. Morse
Stephen Paul Morse (born May 1940) is the architect of the Intel 8086 chip[1] and is the originator of the "One Step" search page tools used by genealogists.
Early life[edit]
Morse was born in Brooklyn, New York. He has degrees in electrical engineering from the City College of New York, the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and New York University.
Career[edit]
Intel 8086[edit]
Morse worked for Bell Laboratories, IBM's Watson Research Center, Intel, and General Electric Corporate Research and Development. He was a principal architect of Intel 8086 microprocessor chip, designed by Intel between early 1976 and June 8, 1978.
He is quoted as saying:
"While I'd like to think that the PC wouldn't exist today if I hadn't designed the 8086, the reality is that it would be based on some other processor family. The instruction set would be radically different, but there would still be a PC. I was just fortunate enough to be at the right place at the right time."[2]
Genealogy[edit]
In the early 2000-ies,[2] he has applied his technology expertise to web-based genealogy search tools. His "One Step" search pages are widely used by genealogists all over the world. He is also a co-author, with linguist Alexander Beider, of the Beider–Morse phonetic name matching algorithm.[3][4]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Edwards, Benj (June 16, 2008). "Stephen Morse: Father of the 8086 Processor". PCWorld.
- ^ a b Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak (2004). "Genealogical Computing - Steve Morse: A Genealogical Mensch". Ancestry.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
- ^ "Beider–Morse Phonetic Name Matching". SteveMorse.org. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
- ^ Gary Mokotoff (September 28, 2008). "Morse Implements Phonetic Algorithm for Ellis Island Database". Nu? What's New? - The E-zine of Jewish Genealogy - Volume 9, Number 22. Avotaynu. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
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