Tom R. Halfhill

Senior Editor, Microprocessor Report
Senior Analyst

In 2002, Tom R. Halfhill rejoined In-Stat/MDR as a senior analyst after working as a technical analyst and writer for ARC Cores. Previously, during 1999-2000, he was a microprocessor analyst for MDR.

Halfhill has been a journalist since 1977 and has covered technology since 1982. He was a senior editor at BYTE Magazine for six years, where he wrote nearly 200 articles about microprocessors, Java, thin-client computing, computer reliability, data compression, broadband communications, and many other topics.

Before joining BYTE, Halfhill was the editor of several magazines that covered personal computers and electronic games, such as Compute! and Game Player's. In the 1980s, he was the launch editor of five computer magazines and a technology newsletter. He has been a co-author, contributor, or editor of more than 20 books on subjects as varied as computer programming, the Civil War, and mass murder. He also writes a monthly technology column that appears in Maximum PC Magazine.

After graduating with a B.S. in journalism from Kent State University in 1977, Halfhill started his career as a daily newspaper reporter. He was introduced to computers when the newspaper switched from manual typewriters to VDTs in the late 1970s, and he bought his first computer in 1981. His hobbies include photography, guitar, and recreational programming on Macs and PCs. Visit his personal web site, The Electric Brain http://www.halfhill.com

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E-mail: thalfhill@reedbusiness.com