David Blair Kirk (born 1960)[1] is acomputer scientist and former chief scientist and vice president of architecture at NVIDIA. As of 2019, he is a Venture Partner at DigitalDx Ventures, and an independent consultant and advisor.
Kirk holds B.S. and M.S. degrees inMechanical Engineering from theMassachusetts Institute of Technology and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees inComputer Science from theCalifornia Institute of Technology.[2] From 1989 to 1991, Kirk was an engineer forApollo Systems Division ofHewlett-Packard. From 1993 to 1996, Kirk was Chief Scientist and Head of Technology forCrystal Dynamics, a video game manufacturing company.[3] From 1997 to 2019 he wasNVIDIA's chief scientist and he is an NVIDIA Fellow.[4]
In 2002, Kirk received theACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award for his significant contributions to bringing high performance graphics hardware to the mass market.[5] In 2006, Kirk was elected a member of theNational Academy of Engineering for his role in bringing high-performance graphics to personal computers.[2]
Kirk is the inventor of 50 patents and patent applications relating to graphics design and underlying graphics algorithms.[6]
{{cite book}}:|website= ignored (help)Kirk is the inventor of 50 patents and patent applications relating to graphics design and holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from the California Institute of Technology.
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