Alexia Massalin

Alexia Massalin

Country

United States

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.

See Also

• LGBTQ Engineers

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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