ENABLING COMPONENTS The devices that drive the systems we use. Stuart Parkin Putting a new spin on storage Ken Kutaragi Playstation's creator and unwavering pitchman John Deng He and his chip company are fast-rising stars that show little chance of winking out Richard K. Williams The engineer behind the modern low-voltage power FET Zvi Or-Bach Erected the scaffolding for the structured ASIC DIGITAL MEDIA The era of digital music, movies, radio and TV. Jim Barton The man behind 'God's machine' for consumers Leonardo Chiariglione Point man for MPEG, DRM Ron Kolessar Inventor of the Portable People Meter Suji Nakamura Blindsided Japan's old guard with blue LED THE DIGITAL FRONTIER Digital technology enables new medical, automotive and industrial applications. Takeshi Uchiyamada Leading engineer behind the Toyota Prius hybrid car Leroy Hood Groundbreaker in predictive, personalized medicine Scott Vanstone Early advocate of elliptic-curve public-key cryptography Toshi Doi Machine learning luminary—and Aibo's first master THE NEED FOR SPEED Pushing systems and networks into today's Gigahertz Era. John Cioffi Built a route to broadband on digital subscriber lines Steve Corbato Shifting the Internet into high gear Ajay Bhatt Pushed the PC into the gigahertz era Daniel Awduche Routing and transport specialists flocked to his version of multiprotocol label switching. BEYOND THE BOX Pioneering the software the fuels our systems. Joe Santos Pilot's software smooths bumps in chip design Chandu Visweswariah He's getting the chips to run on time Niklas Zennström &Janus Friis The disruptive duo of peer-to-peer networking MOBILITY The wireless nets and devices we take on the road. Joseph Mitola The inventor of cognitive radio Y. W. Chung Driving the cell phone—and Samsung—forward Dov Moran Progenitor of the USB flash drive Kang Lee Paving the road to ubiquitous computing Mike Lazaridis His Blackberry put wireless e-mail on the map PATHFINDERS Defining what lies beyond the horizon. Dean Kamen Role model of the innovative engineer Theodore Berger & John Granacki Engineering on the cusp of computers and the brain Grant Willson Blazing the way to next-generation chips Neil Gershenfeld A visionary's views, a comic's timing