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Born
Born in New Orleans, LA -
Bachelor Degree
Received Bachelor Degree in Science -
Masters Degree
Received Masters Degree both in Electrical Engineer and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. -
Unix
Started working on Unix in the late 1960s -
Collaborated with Dennis Ritchie
Collaborated with Dennis Ritchie on the Unix operating system. -
Created the hardware and software for Belle
Thompson worked with Joseph Condon and created the hardware and software for Belle, a world champion chess computer. -
More Unix
Continued revising research for Unix. -
Replacing Unix
Started to work hard on a replacement for Unix -
Turning Award
Received Turning Award which shows lasting and major technology importance to computer field. -
IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal
Received the IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal, which is for exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems, and technology -
Inferno Operating System
Started to work on Inferno Operation System, which is an operating system for creating and supporting distributed services. It was originally developed by the Computing Science Research Center of Bell Labs, the R&D arm of Lucent Technologies, and further developed by other groups in Lucent. -
UTF-8 Encoding Scheme
Developed the UTF-8 Encoding Scheme together with Rob Pike -
National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation award. -
Retired
Retired from Bell Labs in the Late 2000's -
2000-2006
Worked at Entrisphere, Inc. -
Interviewed
During an interview, Thompson said he uses Linux based operating systems now. -
Japan Prize
Received the Japan Prize, a prize in which is given to individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of science and technology, thereby furthering the cause of peace and prosperity of mankind. -
Present Day
Thompson now works at Google as a distinguished engineer.
