David Boggs
David Boggs | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 17, 1950 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Died | February 19, 2022 (aged 71) Stanford, California, U.S. |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (B.S.E.) Stanford University (Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Co-invention of Ethernet |
| Awards | IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award (1988) ACM Fellow, AAAS Fellow |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer networking |
| Institutions | Xerox PARC |
David Reeves Boggs (June 17, 1950 – February 19, 2022) was an American electrical and radio engineer.[1] He was known for creating the early versions of Internet protocols, file servers, gateways and network interface cards.[2] With Robert Metcalfe and others, he co-invented Ethernet.[3]
Boggs died of heart failure at a hospital in Stanford, California on February 19, 2022, at the age of 71.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Metz, Cade (2022-02-28). "David Boggs, Co-Inventor of Ethernet, Dies at 71". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ↑ "ACM Fellows Citation / David R Boggs". Association for Computing Machinery. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
- ↑ The Economist (September 4, 2003). "Case History: Out of the Ether". Retrieved April 6, 2011.