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Scott, Steve
Alma mater University of Wisconsin–Madison
Known for Supercomputers
Scientific career
Fields computer scientist, and electrical engineer
Institutions Cray Research
Nvidia

Steve Scott is a computer architect who currently serves as Corporate Vice President at Microsoft. [1] Scott was previously a Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Cray Inc., [2] Principal Engineer at Google [3] and the chief technology officer for Nvidia's Tesla business unit. [4] Scott was employed by Cray Research, Inc., Silicon Graphics, Inc., and Cray, Inc. from 1992 to 2011 (with a brief hiatus in 2005). [5]

He holds 42 patents. [6] In 2005 Scott received both the ACM Maurice Wilkes Award and the IEEE Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award. [7]

Scott is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he received a B.S. in electrical and computing engineering, an M.S. in computer science, and a Ph.D. in computer architecture. [5] He resides in Seattle, Washington.

Notes

  1. ^ Cray CTO Steve Scott moves to Microsoft, Data Center Dynamics, June 15, 2020
  2. ^ Cray Appoints Supercomputing Veteran Steve Scott to Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Cray Inc. Press Release (September 10, 2014)
  3. ^ HPC People on the Move: Steve Scott Leaves Nvidia for Google, HPC Insider (August 5, 2013)
  4. ^ Nvidia Builds A Dream Machine, Forbes Magazine (February 27, 2012).
  5. ^ a b Steven L. Scott, Forbes.com.
  6. ^ Nvidia enlists Cray CTO for Tesla GPU assault, The Register (August 2011)
  7. ^ "Steve Scott".