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Edward P. Stritter

Edward P. "Skip" Stritter, engineer and entrepreneur, was the chief architect of the Motorola 68000 microprocessor, a co-founder of the first commercial RISC company MIPS Computer Systems, the founder of Clarity Wireless, and founder of NeTPower. He also served on the Board of Overseers of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. He was nominated by the United States Justice Department to serve on a three-member technical board of overseers to ensure that Microsoft complied with the judgements of United States v. Microsoft.

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Edward P. "Skip" Stritter, engineer and entrepreneur, was the chief architect of the Motorola 68000 microprocessor1 (used in the original Apple Computer Macintosh), a co-founder of the first commercial RISC company MIPS Computer Systems,2 the founder of Clarity Wireless,12 (acquired by Cisco Systems for $157 million3) and founder of NeTPower.12 He also served on the Board of Overseers of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College.4 He was nominated by the United States Justice Department to serve on a three-member technical board of overseers to ensure that Microsoft complied with the judgements of United States v. Microsoft.125

He received his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in 1968 and his master's degree (1969) and PhD (1976) from Stanford University.

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  1. Phillip R. Malone; et al. (2003-01-27). "Plaintiff's memorandum in support of motion for appointment of Edward P. Stritter as the third member of the technical committee". U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division. Retrieved 2007-03-08.
  2. "States Make Recommendation for Third Microsoft Oversight Official" (Press release). Office of the New York State Attorney General. 2003-01-23. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
  3. "Cisco Systems to Acquire Clarity Wireless Corporation". Cisco Systems. 1998-11-15. Archived from the original on 2008-07-19.
  4. "Thayer School Board of Overseers". Archived from the original on February 7, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
  5. "Approval Sought For Nominee To Microsoft Panel". The New York Times. 2003-01-28.