Rick Duff

Rick Duff is a software engineer and computer graphics expert best known for his contributions to the development of the "Duff's Device," a code optimization technique discovered while working at Lucasfilm in the 1980s. Duff's Device is a loop unrolling technique that allows for more efficient copying of data blocks, particularly when the number of items to copy is not a multiple of the unrolling factor. He also worked on various other projects, including graphics rendering algorithms. Beyond Duff's Device, publicly available information regarding Rick Duff's career and contributions to the field are scarce.