John Cocke | |
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| Born | May 30, 1925 Charlotte, North Carolina, US |
| Died | July 16, 2002 (aged 77) |
| Alma mater | Duke University |
| Known for | RISC CYK algorithm |
| Awards | ACM Turing Award (1987) Computer Pioneer Award (1989) National Medal of Technology (1991) National Medal of Science (1994) IEEE John von Neumann Medal (1994) Computer History Museum Fellow (2002) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Science |
| Institutions | IBM |
John Cocke (May 30, 1925 – July 16, 2002) was an American computer scientist recognized for his large contribution to computer architecture and optimizing compiler design. He is considered by many to be "the father of RISC architecture."[1]
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Schofield, Jack (2002-07-27). "John Cocke". The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
Cocke's idea was to use fewer instructions, but design chips that performed simple instructions very quickly. [...] Later, this approach became known as reduced instruction set computing (Risc) [...]