Sally McKee, who coined the term "the Memory Wall", has died
Sally Anne McKee
Obituary
Sally A. McKee, 61, a renowned computer science professor and beloved friend, passed
away Feb. 12 in Greenville, S.C., after a short illness.
She received her bachelor’s degree from Yale University, master’s degree from Princeton
University and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia, all in computer science.
She worked for Digital Equipment Corporation and Microsoft Corporation and held
internships at Digital Equipment Corporation’s Systems Research Center (now HP Labs) and
the former...