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By David Kanter (March 28, 2016)
David Kanter is Principal Analyst and Editor-in-Chief at Real World Tech, which focuses on microprocessors, servers, graphics, computers, and semiconductors. He is also a consultant specializing in intellectual property evaluation/development and technical/competitive analysis. Mr. Kanter has been quoted in the New York Times, CNN, Reuters, IEEE Spectrum, and many more over the last 10 years. Mr. Kanter was a Founder of Strandera, a startup commercializing advanced multi-core hardware and software technologies. Prior to Strandera, he was an early employee at Aster Data Systems (acquired by Teradata), a leader in data warehousing and analytic databases. He also was an Economic Analyst at the Huron Consulting Group and graduated with an S.B. in Mathematics with a specialization in Computer Science, and Economics from the University of Chicago.