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Alexia Massalin

Country

United States

Birth - Death

Occupation

Scientist

Description

Transgender research scientist with MicroUnity Systems Engineering working with Broadband Microprocessors. Pioneered the concept of superoptimization, and designed the Synthesis kernel, a small kernel with a Unix compatibility layer that makes heavy use of self-modifying code for efficiency. Born Henry Massalin.

Further Reading/Research

• http://www.microunity.com/company/#am
• http://blog.n.vasilak.is/post/48520524530/alexia-henry-massalin-synthesis-distributed
• http://partners.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/12/circuits/articles/24hobb.html?r=1&l=ri&fst=0
• https://lwn.net/Articles/270081/

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