Bantwal Ramakrishna "Bob" Rau (1951 – December 10, 2002) was a computer engineer and HP Fellow. Rau was a founder and chief architect of

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, where he helped develop the

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technology that is now common in modern

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s. Rau was the recipient of the 2002

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has established a "B. Ramakrishna Rau Award" in his memory.B. Ramakrishna Rau Award
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field.

References

External links

IEEE Biography of Rau

* http://compilers.iecc.com/comparch/article/02-12-128 1951 births 2002 deaths Computer hardware engineers Hewlett-Packard people {{compu-bio-stub