What key details about peter hofstee can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: harm peter hofstee was born in the netherlands and received his doctorandus in theoretical physics from the university of groningen , the netherlands , in 1988 . in 1994 he earned his phd from caltech ; after that , he spent two years on the faculty . hofstee joined the ibm austin research laboratory in 1996 , where he worked on the world 's first gigahertz cmos microprocessor prototype -lrb- i.e. , the ibm rivina -rrb- and other high-performance microprocessor designs . in mid-2000 , hofstee joined the team to develop the concept of the cell broadband engine , which is the central processing unit of the playstation 3 , and has already found a number of other uses . he is currently the chief architect of the synergistic processor element -lrb- spe -rrb- of the cell microprocessor . hofstee has more than 30 issued patents and over 60 patents pending , most of them cell-related .
- alt is peter hofstee -lrb- april 2007 -rrb-- thesis url is http://thesis.library.caltech.edu/4036/- caption is peter hofstee -lrb- april 2007 -rrb-- thesis year is 1995- doctoral advisor is jan l. a. van de snepscheut k. mani chandy- thesis title is synchronizing processes- name is peter hofstee- image is peter hofstee.jpg- birth place is netherlands- alma mater is university of groningen caltech