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 Bennett Smith (1993 photo at left) is a consultant in microprocessors, computing-platforms,
and related intellectual property. He is co-inventor on eight computer related patents (branch prediction, multiprocessing) and co-authored a graduate-level text:
“The Anatomy of a High- Performance Microprocessor: A Systems Perspective,”
an IEEE Computer Society Press best-seller in 1999.
Smith received his BSEE in
1980 from Texas A&M and subsequently worked as an IC designer at Texas
Instruments and Hewlett-Packard. In 1984, Smith received his MSEE from UC
Berkeley where he studied microprocessor logic design and wrote a thesis
under Dr. Nick Tredennick. He worked on processor projects during
1984-1989 at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center (on the Micro/370) and at NexGen
(on the Nx586, as employee number 6). Smith
did design and intellectual property consulting during 1989-1992 for Tredennick, Incorporated. Smith became a patent agent in late 1992 and
managed NexGen's intellectual property activities during
1993-1995. (Full
resume available in PDF.)
Since 1993 Smith has
focused on providing strategic technical consulting and related intellectual
property services to high-tech companies and their legal counsel.
He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and is based in the greater Austin, Texas, area.
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