# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-a-patterson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:40:50.355Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-a-patterson"
name: "David A. Patterson"
slug: "david-a-patterson"
description: "David Andrew Patterson is an American computer scientist and academic who has held the position of professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley since 1976. He is a computer pioneer. He announced retirement in 2016 after serving nearly forty years, becoming a distinguished software engineer at Google. He currently is vice chair of the board of directors of the RISC-V Foundation, and the Pardee Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus at UC Berkeley."
tagline: "American computer scientist"
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1947-11-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump