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David A. Patterson

American computer scientist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1947 · age 78

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.

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2022Charles Stark Draper PrizeAward2018Honorary Doctor of the Tsinghua UniversityAward2017Turing AwardAward2011Alan D. Berenbaum Distinguished Service AwardAward2008Eckert-Mauchly AwardAward2007ACM Distinguished Service AwardAwardFellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAward2000IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education MedalAwardIEEE John von Neumann MedalAward1994ACM FellowAward1947Born16 November 1947

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Charles Stark Draper Prize2022
Honorary Doctor of the Tsinghua University2018
Turing Award2017
Alan D. Berenbaum Distinguished Service Award2011
Eckert-Mauchly Award2008
ACM Distinguished Service Award2007
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science2007
IEEE John von Neumann Medal2000
IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal2000
ACM Fellow1994
Computer History Museum Fellow
IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award

About this person

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.

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United States
Category
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Status
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Born 1947 · age 78

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Charles P. ThackerBoth received Eckert-Mauchly AwardJohn OusterhoutBoth received IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems AwardJohn CockeBoth received Eckert-Mauchly AwardMichael J. FlynnBoth received Alan D. Berenbaum Distinguished Service AwardFred BrooksBoth received Eckert-Mauchly AwardGordon BellBoth received Eckert-Mauchly Award