Philip Emeagwali (born 23 August 1954) is a Nigerian computer scientist. He is accused of making controversial statements about his achievements, such as inventing the Internet and creating the world's fastest computer, the Connection Machine, which are disputed by the scientific society or community [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

2021年2月7日 · Philip Emeagwali (born August 23, 1954) is a Nigerian American computer scientist. He achieved computing breakthroughs that helped lead to the development of the internet. His work with simultaneous calculations on connected microprocessors earned him a Gordon Bell Prize, considered the Nobel Prize of computing.

Dr. Philip Emeagwali, who has been called the Bill Gates of Africa, was born in Nigeria in 1957. He is responsible for inventing the world's fastest computer.

2023年11月26日 · Philip Emeagwali, a Nigerian computer scientist and mathematician, has left an indelible mark on the world of technology through his groundbreaking contributions to the development of the internet and supercomputing.

Emeagwali invented the hyperball network and in 1988 used a hypercube computer powered by 65,536 processors to establish the world record of 3.1 billion calculations per second. Emeagwali was described by CNN as “a father of the Internet” and profiled in …

2017年12月31日 · Philip Emeagwali is a computer scientist who is best known for utilizing the connection machine and 65,536 microprocessors to achieve 3.1 billion calculations per second, the fastest computational record at the time.

Philip Emeagwali designed the program and formula for the fastest computer on earth, the Connection Machine. He designed the system of parallel computers that are used by all search engines, for example Yahoo or Search.com.

WILLINGBORO -- Philip Emeagwali, a man of immeasurably high intelligence, spurns the description people most often attach to him: genius. "I don't like that term. People think it only means genius in the mathematical sense or that it refers to a select group of people," Emeagwali, 44, told about 50 parents last night at a public forum on schools.

On the Fourth of July 1989, Philip Emeagwali invented how to solve 65,536 problems at once and solve them across an internet that is a global network of 65,536 processors. That invention changed the way we look at the computer and put the name Philip Emeagwali in newspapers and on postage stamps.

2025年2月21日 · Philip Emeagwali is a name synonymous with innovation in computing. Often referred to as the “Father of the Internet,” the Nigerian-born scientist played a pivotal role in developing high-performance computing.