About the Authors

Jim Holt, Systems Architect for Freescale’s Networking and Multimedia group, Austin, TX, USA, RWBL70@freescale.com

Dr. Jim Holt is a Systems Architect for Freescale’s Networking and Multimedia group, and is also a Research Affiliate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he is investigating self-aware 1000-core chips of the future.  He has 29 years of industry experience focused on microprocessors, multicore systems, software engineering, distributed systems, design verification, and design optimization. He earned a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and an MS in Computer Science from Texas State University-San Marcos.

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