Hung Q. Le

Leader of the development of several microprocessor products that enabled IBM to be the leader in the server market, Le holds more than 80 patents in the field of microprocessor design and has been appointed to IBM Fellow—the highest technical achievement at IBM—for his leadership and innovations in Microprocessor Core design. As part of the IBM System and Technology Group in Austin, Texas, Le led the development of IBM's next generation Pserver processors. He joined IBM in 1979 after graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Potsdam, in the Berlin-Brandenburg region of Germany. He played a key role in shaping the direction of IBM pServer microprocessors. Le was involved in the development of the PowerPC architecture and was the principle architect behind pServer microprocessors.

He introduced leading technologies to IBM server design such as Out of Order and Super Scaler execution, Simultaneous Multi-Threading, Ultrahigh Frequency design and Multi Core on a Chip. His innovations were applied to IBM microprocessors that were used in super computers, servers, workstations, and personal computers. Le led the development of several microprocessor products that enabled IBM to be the leader in the server market. These innovations were not only cornerstones to IBM's microprocessor cores but to the entire microprocessor design industry.

His innovation in core design culminated in an unprecedented set of number one benchmarks with the introduction of the POWER6 microprocessor. He has served as a leader in microprocessor execution from POWER3 onward and went on to lead the development of IBM's next generation POWER Processor. Le holds more than 80 patents in the field of microprocessor design.

He received 3 IBM Corporate awards and 4 IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement awards. In recognition of his technical contributions, he was appointed to IBM Fellow—the highest technical achievement at IBM—in 2009 for his leadership and innovations in Microprocessor Core design. Le is recognized across POWER and System z as an innovator and execution leader.