Torng was my EE advisor from 1993-96.
His class Intro to Digital Systems (EE230)
had a profound impact on me, as it was the
impetus that launched a career designing
microprocessors. Without doubt he was one of the
most gifted professors at Cornell. Particularly,
interesting was his ability and resolve to
memorize the names and faces of every student in
his class of over 50 students. If you showed up
late to lecture he would call out your name as
you tip toed in.
In discussion with Thorng over an internship
at AMD working on the K5, he mentioned that he
was going to pursue his processor patents against
some of the big players. That was in 1995.
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Torng was my EE advisor from 1993-96.
His class Intro to Digital Systems (EE230)
had a profound impact on me, as it was the
impetus that launched a career designing
microprocessors. Without doubt he was one of the
most gifted professors at Cornell. Particularly,
interesting was his ability and resolve to
memorize the names and faces of every student in
his class of over 50 students. If you showed up
late to lecture he would call out your name as
you tip toed in.
In discussion with Thorng over an internship
at AMD working on the K5, he mentioned that he
was going to pursue his processor patents against
some of the big players. That was in 1995.
-Keith