Fundamentals of Power Integrity for Computer Platforms and Systems

Acknowledgments

There were many people who have guided me over the years, and I wish I could thank them all explicitly here. To those who are not mentioned below, my gratitude is given nonetheless.

To my editors at Wiley, for their patience through my wife's illness. To my two long time mentors and friends David H. Hartke and Dr. James L. Knighten for their tremendous faith and guidance throughout the years—and thanks again Jim for the Foreword and edit suggestions as well! To Dr. Keith Muller—words would not suffice here to express my thanks. To the late, great, Dr. Clayton R. Paul for his faith in me and support. To my friend Joseph S. Riel for his brilliance and insights in so many ways. To Dr. Jack Shemer for his incredible business teachings and leadership. To Dr. David Hochanson, for those long deep talks. To Dr. James L. Drewniak for his help and insights thoughout the years—and, of course, to the UMR team. To Dr. Kevin Quest, my friend and advisor. To Dr. Henry Koertzen for his depth of knowledge in power technologies and edit suggestions. To my father and sister for our talks. To my friends Bob Fite and Ed Stanford at Intel. To my team at Intel—you know who you are. To my son for his patience—especially all those nights we had to miss. And finally, to my wife, to whom this book is dedicated, and who has graciously stood by throughout while remaining so amazingly strong under some very tough circumstances. I thank you all.