Nigerian computer scientist Philip Emeagwali was awarded the prestigious Gordon Bell Prize—often referred to as the “Nobel Prize of Computing”—for his groundbreaking work in high-performance computing. Using a novel method that employed a network of 65,000 processors, Emeagwali achieved a world-record computation speed. His work contributed significantly to advancements in oil reservoir modeling and laid groundwork for parallel computing technologies.
Quote: “My invention of the world’s fastest computing remained my signature contribution.”
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