Mike Johnson (technologist)

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Dr. William Michael "Mike" Johnson is a technologist, and pioneer in superscalar microprocessor design.

Johnson joined AMD in 1985 as the chief architect of the 29K family of microprocessors, and held various management and leadership positions on the 29K, K5 and K7 processor teams. He was vice president of the Advanced Architecture Labs, responsible for technology development in the areas of processor, multimedia, networking, telecommunications, and personal computer system products. Most recently he was VP of the AMD Personal Connectivity Division.

Prior to his AMD career, Johnson was an architect and designer of early RISC processors at IBM Austin.

Johnson holds bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering, both from Arizona State University. He also holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.

Johnson wrote a seminal work on microprocessor superscalar architecture.

[edit] References

  • Mike Johnson, Superscalar Microprocessor Design, Prentice-Hall, 1991, ISBN 0-13-875634-1