Robert Metcalfe akanga ane pesvedzero yakadini panzanga?
Context:Achiri kuita doctorate yake mu computer science, Metcalfe akatora basa neProject MAC yeMIT mushure mekunge Harvard yamuramba mvumo yekuti abatanidze yunivhesiti kune ARPAnet yaimbova itsva. PaMAC, Metcalfe akanga ane mutoro wokuvaka zvimwe zvezvinhu zvaizobatanidza makombiyuta maduku eMIT neARPAnet. Metcalfe akaita ARPAnet musoro wenyaya yebasa rake rokupedza kudzidza, asi Harvard pakutanga yakariramba. Metcalfe akasarudza nzira yokuvandudza nayo rondedzero yake paaishanda paXerox PARC, apo akaverenga pepa pamusoro peALOHA network paYunivhesiti yeHawaii. Akaziva ndokugadzirisa zvimwe zvikanganiso zvaiva mumuenzaniso weAlohaNet, ndokuzowedzera basa iroro kupfungwa yake yakavandudzwa. Yakagamuchirwa ipapo neHarvard, iyo yakamupa PhD yake.  Metcalfe akanga achishanda paPARC muna 1973 apo iye naDavid Boggs vakagadzira Ethernet, pakutanga seyakagadziriswa yekubatanidza makombiyuta pamusoro penzvimbo pfupi. Gare gare akayeuka kuti Ethernet yakaberekwa musi waMay 22, 1973, zuva raakapararira memo yakanzi "Alto Ethernet" iyo yaiva nechimiro chakaoma chekuti yaizoshanda sei. "Ndiyo nguva yokutanga Ethernet inooneka seshoko, sezvinongoita pfungwa yokushandisa coax seether, apo nhepfenyuro dzinobatanidzwa, kufanana neAlohaNet kana ARPAnet, dzaizopinza mapakeji adzo edheta, dzaizofamba dzakapoteredza pa megabits paminiti, kwaizova nokurwisana, uye kutumirazve, uye kudzokera shure", Metcalfe akatsanangura kudaro. Boggs akataura kuti rimwe zuva raiva kuberekwa kweEthernet: November 11, 1973, zuva rokutanga iro gadziriro yacho yakashanda chaizvoizvo.  Muna 1979, Metcalfe akabva PARC uye co-yakavambwa 3Com, mugadziri kombiyuta networking midziyo, muna Palo Alto mufurati rake. 3Com yakava mutungamiri anopa mhinduro dze networking, uye Ethernet yakava iyo inonyanya kushandiswa kwehutano hwehutano hwemagariro evanhu (LANs). Muna 1980 akagamuchira ACM Grace Hopper Award nokuda kwezvipo zvake mukukudziridzwa kwemasangano emunharaunda, kunyanya Ethernet. Muna 1990, bhodhi revatungamiriri ve3Com rakagadza Éric Benhamou semukuru mukuru panzvimbo paMetcalfe, uyo akabva asiya kambani. Akapedza makore gumi ari muparidzi uye nyanzvi, achinyora chinyorwa chepaIndaneti cheInfoWorld. Muna 1996, akabatana-nheyo Pop!Tech, mukuru zvemichina musangano. Akava mutengesi wemari mu2001 uye gare gare mubatiri mukuru paPolaris Venture Partners.  Kubva muna 2011 kusvika muna 2021 aive purofesa paYunivhesiti yeTexas kuAustin's Cockrell Chikoro cheUinjiniya, achinyanya kuita zvirongwa zvekuvandudza. Metcalfe aive mutauri mukuru pa2016 Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders uye muna 2019 akapa Bernard Price Memorial Lecture muSouth Africa. Muna Chikumi 2022, Metcalfe akadzokera kuMIT nekujoinha Computer Science uye Artificial Intelligence Laboratory semubatanidzwa wekutsvagisa uye mainjiniya ekuverenga, achishanda neMIT Julia Lab.
Robert Metcalfe aiva muzvinabhizimisi akabudirira, akanga atanga makambani akaita se3Com nePop!Tech. Aivawo purofesa paUniversity of Texas uye aitsvakurudza paMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Zvisinei, mupiro wake mukurusa wakanga uri wokugadzirwa kweEthernet muna 1973. Iyi yakava muitiro wokubatanidza Indaneti netambo, iyo ichiri kushandiswa makore 50 gare gare.