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Suhaib Fahmy
Guest
Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:33 am
Those who've been on this newsgroup for any period of time will
remember Peter Alfke, the Xilinx legend, and his infectious
enthusiasm. He was a great help as I got into FPGA design 8 years ago,
as I embarked on the academic track. I met him at a number of
conferences, and he was just as wonderful in person. He gave some real
life to the newsgroup and has been sorely missed since he stopped
posting.
A tweet that carried the news:
https://twitter.com/xilinxtraining/status/126857481812066304
Our condolences to his family and friends; he will be sorely missed.
Suhaib.
HT-Lab
Guest
Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:00 am
On 20/10/2011 06:33, Suhaib Fahmy wrote:
Quote:
Those who've been on this newsgroup for any period of time will
remember Peter Alfke, the Xilinx legend, and his infectious
enthusiasm. He was a great help as I got into FPGA design 8 years ago,
as I embarked on the academic track. I met him at a number of
conferences, and he was just as wonderful in person. He gave some real
life to the newsgroup and has been sorely missed since he stopped
posting.
A tweet that carried the news:
https://twitter.com/xilinxtraining/status/126857481812066304
Our condolences to his family and friends; he will be sorely missed.
Suhaib.
Indeed quite sad as he was a real guru with a great personality.
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4183358/Pull-up-a-chair-Peter-Alfke
Hans
www.ht-lab.com
RCIngham
Guest
Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:27 am
Sad news.
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Posted through
http://www.FPGARelated.com
Syd Rumpo
Guest
Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:21 am
On 20/10/2011 06:33, Suhaib Fahmy wrote:
Quote:
Those who've been on this newsgroup for any period of time will
remember Peter Alfke, the Xilinx legend, and his infectious
enthusiasm. He was a great help as I got into FPGA design 8 years ago,
as I embarked on the academic track. I met him at a number of
conferences, and he was just as wonderful in person. He gave some real
life to the newsgroup and has been sorely missed since he stopped
posting.
A tweet that carried the news:
https://twitter.com/xilinxtraining/status/126857481812066304
Our condolences to his family and friends; he will be sorely missed.
Suhaib.
He helped me more than once, and was the main reason for my choosing
Xilinx. RIP.
--
Syd
Nico Coesel
Guest
Thu Oct 20, 2011 4:40 pm
Suhaib Fahmy <suhaib_at_fahmy.net> wrote:
Quote:
So far no official announcement on the Xilinx page. Sure this isn't
some sick joke?
--
Failure does not prove something is impossible, failure simply
indicates you are not using the right tools...
nico_at_nctdevpuntnl (punt=.)
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Nico Coesel
Guest
Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:16 pm
Ed McGettigan <ed.mcgettigan_at_xilinx.com> wrote:
Quote:
On Oct 20, 9:40=A0am, n...@puntnl.niks (Nico Coesel) wrote:
Suhaib Fahmy <suh...@fahmy.net> wrote:
A tweet that carried the news:https://twitter.com/xilinxtraining/status/=
126857481812066304
So far no official announcement on the Xilinx page. Sure this isn't
some sick joke?
Unfortunately this is not a joke.
Ed McGettigan
Xilinx Inc.
Then it is very sad news. My condolences.
--
Failure does not prove something is impossible, failure simply
indicates you are not using the right tools...
nico_at_nctdevpuntnl (punt=.)
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Ed McGettigan
Guest
Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:54 pm
On Oct 20, 9:40 am, n...@puntnl.niks (Nico Coesel) wrote:
Quote:
Suhaib Fahmy <suh...@fahmy.net> wrote:
A tweet that carried the news:https://twitter.com/xilinxtraining/status/126857481812066304
So far no official announcement on the Xilinx page. Sure this isn't
some sick joke?
--
Failure does not prove something is impossible, failure simply
indicates you are not using the right tools...
nico_at_nctdevpuntnl (punt=.)
--------------------------------------------------------------
Unfortunately this is not a joke.
Ed McGettigan
--
Xilinx Inc.
Suhaib Fahmy
Guest
Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:11 am
Quote:
So far no official announcement on the Xilinx page. Sure this isn't
some sick joke?
Xilinx's official twitter account has retweeted a number of related
tweets. So it seems not…
F M
Guest
Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:47 pm
Quote:
So far no official announcement on the Xilinx page. Sure this isn't
some sick joke?
It seems he had important health problems since long time. I found
this on the web
http://stanfordhospital.org/newsEvents/newsReleases/2011/provenge-release.html
There is no a sure reference which certifies that the "Peter Alfke" on
the article is really him (at least reading the article at first
glance) but looking to the photo and by comparing with
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4183358/Pull-up-a-chair-Peter-Alfke
it seems to be really him.
I read many of his articles and note. We will miss him and his
passion for job.
Fabio
Nial Stewart
Guest
Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:35 pm
Thats really sad news.
Although predominantly an Altera user I have really appreciated Peter's
input to comp.arch.fpga over the years, one of the gentlemen of our
industry.
Nial.
Jonathan Bromley
Guest
Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:07 pm
Very sad indeed.
Si monumentum requiris... there can't be many in our
industry for whom that would be more appropriate.
Peter not only leaves behind a fine body of written
work, but also the traces of his infectious, generous
enthusiasm and expertise in the minds of a generation
(no, surely two generations) of engineers.
Thanks for letting us know.
--
Jonathan Bromley
Mawa_fugo
Guest
Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:19 pm
On Oct 20, 6:21 am, Syd Rumpo <use...@neonica.co.uk> wrote:
Quote:
On 20/10/2011 06:33, Suhaib Fahmy wrote:
Those who've been on this newsgroup for any period of time will
remember Peter Alfke, the Xilinx legend, and his infectious
enthusiasm. He was a great help as I got into FPGA design 8 years ago,
as I embarked on the academic track. I met him at a number of
conferences, and he was just as wonderful in person. He gave some real
life to the newsgroup and has been sorely missed since he stopped
posting.
A tweet that carried the news:https://twitter.com/xilinxtraining/status/126857481812066304
Our condolences to his family and friends; he will be sorely missed.
Suhaib.
He helped me more than once, and was the main reason for my choosing
Xilinx. RIP.
--
Syd
He is the genius in this group. I still remember his "Six Easy
Pieces"
R.I.P
Jon Elson
Guest
Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:00 pm
On 10/20/2011 12:33 AM, Suhaib Fahmy wrote:
Quote:
Those who've been on this newsgroup for any period of time will
remember Peter Alfke, the Xilinx legend, and his infectious
enthusiasm. He was a great help as I got into FPGA design 8 years ago,
as I embarked on the academic track. I met him at a number of
conferences, and he was just as wonderful in person. He gave some real
life to the newsgroup and has been sorely missed since he stopped
posting.
A tweet that carried the news:
https://twitter.com/xilinxtraining/status/126857481812066304
Our condolences to his family and friends; he will be sorely missed.
Suhaib.
MAN! This has been a BAD YEAR! First, Jim Williams, then Bob Pease,
and now Peter! Sad news indeed!
Jon
HT-Lab
Guest
Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:52 am
On 21/10/2011 23:00, Jon Elson wrote:
Quote:
On 10/20/2011 12:33 AM, Suhaib Fahmy wrote:
...
MAN! This has been a BAD YEAR! First, Jim Williams, then Bob Pease, and
now Peter! Sad news indeed!
printf("And lets not forget Dennis Richie who passed away a few weeks
ago, one of the all time great computer scientist.\n");
Hans.
www.ht-lab.com
Quote:
Jon
Jon Elson
Guest
Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:50 am
HT-Lab wrote:
Quote:
On 21/10/2011 23:00, Jon Elson wrote:
On 10/20/2011 12:33 AM, Suhaib Fahmy wrote:
..
MAN! This has been a BAD YEAR! First, Jim Williams, then Bob Pease, and
now Peter! Sad news indeed!
printf("And lets not forget Dennis Richie who passed away a few weeks
ago, one of the all time great computer scientist.\n");
I hate to speak ill of the dead, but I've never been a great
fan of the C language or Unix. Yes, it works, it certainly
is a hacker's paradise, but there is so much unstructured
stuff in there that it is STILL causing troubles for people
40 year later! On the other hand, a HELL of a lot of work
is done in C, and Linux is a great gift to the computing
community, even with the lasting warts from Unix. So, it
is kind of a love/hate relationship there.
So, I don't put DMR and BWK in the same league as Jim
Williams and Bob Pease. Not sure if Peter really is in their
league, I'm probably unaware of a HELL of a lot of stuff that he did.
Jon
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