C. Gordon Bell, born 19 August 1934, is a computer engineer and manager. An early employee of Digital Equipment Corp., DEC, he designed several of the PDP series, later became Vice President of Engineering, and oversaw development of the VAX.- Category ID : 55568
Yearly $5,000 prize awarded for gains in high-performance computing, money donated by Bell, award tracks progress over time of parallel computing in applications; 3 categories: Peak Performance, Price/Performance, Special.