NVIDIA CHIEF SCIENTIST RECEIVES ACM SIGGRAPH 2002
COMPUTER GRAPHICS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD NVIDIA's Chief Scientist David Kirk Honoured
for Outstanding Achievement in Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
SIGGRAPH 2002 - SAN ANTONIO, TX - JULY 25, 2002 -
NVIDIA(r) Corporation
(Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in visual
processing solutions, today announced its Chief Scientist and Vice President of
Architecture, David Kirk, Ph.D., was honoured by the ACM SIGGRAPH organisation
with a prestigious Computer Graphics Achievement Award for outstanding
achievement in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Since 1983, ACM
SIGGRAPH has bestowed this award to just one exemplary individual per year. Dr.
Kirk joins an esteemed list of past award winners that includes SGI founders Jim
Clark and Kurt Akeley; Stanford University Professor Marc Levoy; Pixar Animation
Studios Senior Scientist Anthony D. DeRose; and Adobe Systems Co-founder and
Chairman Dr. John E. Warnock.
"This year, ACM SIGGRAPH chose to recognise Dr. David
Kirk with the Computer Graphics Achievement Award for his key technical role in
bringing high-performance computer graphics systems to the mass market," said
ACM SIGGRAPH Awards Chair Ed Catmull. "Over the last 20 years, Dr. Kirk has born
out to be a significant force in the advancement of the state of the art in
computer graphics and he shows no signs of slowing down."
"I am very honoured to be named to the distinguished
company of the Computer Graphics Achievement Award recipients who have come
before me," said Dr. Kirk. "I feel fortunate to work for a company that has
built an environment that attracts the world's best engineering talents and
fosters a culture of innovation and excellence. I am especially proud of the
accomplishments of our technical team and gratefully accept this award on their
behalf for the vast contributions we have made as a team to the 3D graphics
industry."
As Chief Scientist for NVIDIA, Dr. Kirk is responsible
for defining the vision and the features for the company's next generation
hardware architecture. He has also driven development of the RIVA128(tm),
RIVA(tm) TNT, GeForce(tm), GeForce2, GeForce3 and GeForce4 Graphics Processing
Units
(GPUs) for NVIDIA. Prior to NVIDIA, Dr. Kirk was a Chief
Scientist and Head of Technology for Crystal Dynamics, a video game development
company. From 1985 to 1991, he was an engineer designing workstation graphics
hardware for Apollo Computer and HP. A frequent industry speaker, Dr. Kirk holds
17 patents relating to graphics design and has authored over 100 technical
publications on computer graphics and hardware. Dr. Kirk also edited the book,
Graphics Gems III. Dr. Kirk holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical
engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also has M.S. and
Ph.D. degrees in computer science from the California Institute of Technology.
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About NVIDIA(
NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq - NVDA), located in Santa
Clara, CA, is the global leader in advanced graphics and multimedia processing
technology for the consumer and professional computing markets. Its 2D, 3D,
video and multimedia capabilities make NVIDIA one of the premier semiconductor
companies in the world. NVIDIA offers a wide range of products and services,
delivering superior performance and crisp visual quality for PC-based
applications such as manufacturing, science, e-business, entertainment and
education.
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