Phillip Doyce Hester
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Life
Hester grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas, and attended Richard King High School. He held a Bachelor of Science and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.[1] Hester joined IBM around 1977, serving as an engineer, eventually leading the development team for the RS/6000, and as chief technology officer and vice president of systems and technology for IBM's PC division.[2] In the early 1990s, he co-founded the AIM alliance (originally code-named "Somerset") to promote the PowerPC architecture.[3]
In 2000 Hester co-founded and became chief executive of Newisys, acquired by Sanmina-SCI Corporation.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Hester worked as the chief technology officer and senior vice president of semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) until April 11, 2008.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In December 2009, Hester became the senior vice president of research and development at National Instruments.[4]
Hester died September 17, 2013, in Austin, Texas.[5] He has a son named Will and was married at the time to Joan.[2]
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