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Knut S. Grimsrud leads a research and development group responsible for mainstream and consumer storage interface definition and enabling. He is also responsible for developing new mainstream storage innovations for Intel platforms. Grimsrud and his team currently manage definition and ongoing evolution of the Serial ATA interface as well as the definition and industry enabling for the CE-ATA interface. He is also researching new applications of Flash in Intel platforms.
Grimsrud joined Intel in 1993 as a hardware engineer in the Intel Architecture Labs where his primary focus was on improving the storage performance of Intel’s entry into the standard high-volume server segment. His focus transitioned to mainstream storage optimization techniques in the Platform Architecture Labs where his contributions included disk reorganization techniques for improved application launch performance. Grimsrud then drove definition of the Serial ATA disk drive interface standard and its subsequent evolutions and enhancements, which continues today under his group in the Storage Technologies Group.
Grimsrud received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1988, his master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering in 1989 and his Ph.D in 1993, all from Brigham Young University. Grimsrud holds 23 U.S. patents and has received three Intel Achievement Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award from Intel IDF. He serves as chairman of the board of directors for the Serial ATA International Organization and chairman of the steering committee of the CE-ATA Working Group. | 