Ajay Bhatt
Encyclopedia
Ajay V. Bhatt is an India
n-American computer architect who helped define and develop several widely used technologies, including USB (Universal Serial Bus)
, AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port)
, PCI Express
, Platform Power management architecture and various chipset improvements.
Ajay Bhatt rose to global celebrity as the co-inventor of USB through an Intel 2009 TV advertisement, where he was portrayed by actor Sunil Narkar.
, India, Bhatt received his master's degree from The City University of New York, USA. Bhatt joined Intel corporation in 1990 as a senior staff architect on the chipset architecture team in Folsom. He holds thirty-one U.S. patents, and several others are in various stages of filing. In 1998, 2003 and 2004, Bhatt was nominated to take part in a Distinguished Lecture Series at leading universities in the United States
and Asia
. He received an Achievement in Excellence Award for his contribution in PCI Express specification development in 2002.
Intel's Chief I/O architect responsible for the platform and I/O interconnects directions, Bhatt also leads definition and development of the next-generation Client Platform architecture.
Intel Fellows are selected for their technical leadership and outstanding contributions to the company and the industry.
On October 9, 2009, The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
did a comedy sketch featuring him that parodied Intel's "Rockstar" commercials.http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/10/conan-obrien-talks-to-the-co-creator-of-usb-on-the-tonight-show/ Ajay Bhatt was featured in July 2010 issue of GQ Indiahttp://www.gqindia.com/, as one of "The 50 Most Influential Global Indians!"
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n-American computer architect who helped define and develop several widely used technologies, including USB (Universal Serial Bus)
Universal Serial Bus
USB is an industry standard developed in the mid-1990s that defines the cables, connectors and protocols used in a bus for connection, communication and power supply between computers and electronic devices....
, AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port)
Accelerated Graphics Port
The Accelerated Graphics Port is a high-speed point-to-point channel for attaching a video card to a computer's motherboard, primarily to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics. Since 2004 AGP has been progressively phased out in favor of PCI Express...
, PCI Express
PCI Express
PCI Express , officially abbreviated as PCIe, is a computer expansion card standard designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X, and AGP bus standards...
, Platform Power management architecture and various chipset improvements.
Ajay Bhatt rose to global celebrity as the co-inventor of USB through an Intel 2009 TV advertisement, where he was portrayed by actor Sunil Narkar.
Biography
After completing his graduation from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of BarodaMaharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, commonly referred as M. S. University , is a university in the city of Vadodara, in Gujarat state, India...
, India, Bhatt received his master's degree from The City University of New York, USA. Bhatt joined Intel corporation in 1990 as a senior staff architect on the chipset architecture team in Folsom. He holds thirty-one U.S. patents, and several others are in various stages of filing. In 1998, 2003 and 2004, Bhatt was nominated to take part in a Distinguished Lecture Series at leading universities in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. He received an Achievement in Excellence Award for his contribution in PCI Express specification development in 2002.
Intel's Chief I/O architect responsible for the platform and I/O interconnects directions, Bhatt also leads definition and development of the next-generation Client Platform architecture.
Intel Fellows are selected for their technical leadership and outstanding contributions to the company and the industry.
On October 9, 2009, The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show that featured Conan O'Brien as host from June 1, 2009 to January 22, 2010 as part of NBC's long-running Tonight Show franchise...
did a comedy sketch featuring him that parodied Intel's "Rockstar" commercials.http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/10/conan-obrien-talks-to-the-co-creator-of-usb-on-the-tonight-show/ Ajay Bhatt was featured in July 2010 issue of GQ Indiahttp://www.gqindia.com/, as one of "The 50 Most Influential Global Indians!"
External links
- Ajay Bhatt at EETIMES: The Great Minds, Great Ideas Project
- Intel commercial - Ajay Bhatt on YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
[Video removed] - Ajay Bhatt Interview with Conan O'Brien
- Photo at FlickrFlickrFlickr is an image hosting and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community that was created by Ludicorp in 2004 and acquired by Yahoo! in 2005. In addition to being a popular website for users to share and embed personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers to...
- USB inventor is tech's unlikely 'rock star', By John D. Sutter, February 4, 2010 - Ajay Bhatt on CNN.COMCNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...