Nick Tredennick
Harry L. "Nick" Tredennick was an American manager, inventor, VLSI design engineer and author who was involved in the development for Motorola's MC68000 and for IBM's Micro/370 microprocessors. He held BSEE and MSEE degrees from Texas Tech University, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Tredennick was named a Fellow of the IEEE; the citation reads "For the design and implementation of the execution unit and controller of the MC68000 workstation microprocessor".
Harry L. Tredennick III | |
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| Born | August 8, 1946 Schenectady, New York (state), USA |
| Died | July 26, 2022 (aged 75) Los Gatos, California, USA |
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| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | microcode |
| Employer(s) | Motorola IBM NexGen Altera |
| Significant design | MC68000 IBM Micro/370 |
| Awards | IEEE Fellow |
He died July 26, 2022, in an All-terrain vehicle accident.
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