Mark Dean
Engineer behind key inventions inside the personal computer.
Their Story
Mark Dean is a computer engineer and inventor who helped develop the IBM personal computer. He worked on the system that lets devices like printers and monitors connect to a computer, and he holds several of IBM's early PC patents. He also helped lead the team that built a gigahertz computer chip.
Era
1900s
Field
Computer Engineering
Mark Dean
Engineer behind key inventions inside the personal computer.
Technology · Computer Engineering · 1900s · Black Innovators
Their Story
Mark Dean is a computer engineer and inventor who helped develop the IBM personal computer. He worked on the system that lets devices like printers and monitors connect to a computer, and he holds several of IBM's early PC patents. He also helped lead the team that built a gigahertz computer chip.
Key Innovation
Co-created key personal-computer technology, including the bus system that connects devices to a PC.
Why It Matters Today
Every time you plug a device into a computer, you rely on the kind of connection technology he helped pioneer.
Learn More
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Dean_(computer_scientist)
Wilkinson STEM Education Foundation · 251 American Innovators · wilkinsonstemfoundation.org
