Google veteran Luiz André Barroso, who overturned many computing design conventions and conceived “the data center as a computer”, died on September 16 at 59
Unbearably sad to lose Luiz. He was behind so many of Google's technical achievements, writing the book on our data centers, leading the design of our computing infrastructure, and so much more. He was at the top of his field, earning ACM's highest honor in computer architecture.…
My heart goes out to the @Google family: meu bom amigo @labarroso has passed + I can't say enough about what an extraordinary human he was. A genius engineer/inventor of the modern data center but also samba guitarist/singer + diehard @Flamengo fan 💔 https://www.wired.com/...
A good article about the tragic death of my dear friend & colleague, Luiz André Barroso. Luiz was incredible in so many ways. We collaborated on many things, made 20,000+ cappuccinos together & he was an amazing engineer, leader & friend. 😥 https://www.wired.com/...