Forest Baskett
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Forest Baskett | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Venture capitalist at New Enterprise Associates |
| Known for | Cray-1 Very Large Scale Integration BCMP network |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Science |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
Forest Baskett (born May 11, 1943) is an American venture capitalist, computer scientist and former professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University.[1]
He is a venture capitalist at New Enterprise Associates. Baskett designed the operating system for the original Cray-1 supercomputer, was an original pioneer of Very Large Scale Integration,[2] and co-introduced the eponymous BCMP networks.[3]
