Na fanau Dennard i Terrell, Texas, U.S. Na ia mauaina lona B.S. ma M.S. tikeri i le eletise inisinia mai Southern Methodist University, Dallas, i le 1954 ma le 1956, i le faasologa. Na ia maua se Ph.D. mai le Carnegie Institute of Technology i Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, i le 1958. O lana galuega faʻapolofesa na faʻaaluina o se tagata suʻesuʻe mo International Business Machines. Fesili: O fea na maua ai e Dennard ona tikeri inisinia eletise mai?
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