Engineering professor helped develop technology for games

University of Illinois Professor Sanjay Patel's research focus is the future of computer chips, as chip components like transistors continue to get smaller and more numerous and chip architecture is forced to change accordingly.

So when Patel, a UI electrical and computer engineering professor, got a good business-world opportunity to step out of the halls of academia and work on the cutting edge of chip design, he naturally took it.

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