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David Patterson

1947 - Today

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David Andrew Patterson (born November 16, 1947) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Patterson is the 46th most popular computer scientist (up from 143rd in 2019), the 2,992nd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,617th in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, David Patterson ranks 46 out of 245. Before him are Peter Naur, Ole-Johan Dahl, Ivan Sutherland, Luigi Federico Menabrea, Steve Russell, and Kevin Mitnick. After him are Thomas E. Kurtz, Mary Kenneth Keller, Juris Hartmanis, Paul Graham, Joseph Weizenbaum, and Bruce Perens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, David Patterson ranks 212. Before him are Ignazio La Russa, Jacob Bekenstein, Petra Kelly, Muhyiddin Yassin, Antonio de la Cruz, and Nobuo Kawakami. After him are Hou Hsiao-hsien, Jaume Cabré, Jeff Lynne, Karol Dobiaš, Kōzō Okamoto, and Aleksander Krupa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Patterson ranks 2,992 out of 20,380. Before him are Karen Allen (1951), Stormy Daniels (1979), Don Walsh (1931), Carmen Dell'Orefice (1931), James Baker (1930), and Michael C. Hall (1971). After him are Leon Ames (1902), Lew Wallace (1827), Thomas F. Wilson (1959), Christa McAuliffe (1948), Anne Heche (1969), and Michelle Trachtenberg (1985).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, David Patterson ranks 28. Before him are Richard E. Stearns (1936), Hal Finney (1956), Charles Bachman (1924), Ivan Sutherland (1938), Steve Russell (1937), and Kevin Mitnick (1963). After him are Thomas E. Kurtz (1928), Mary Kenneth Keller (1913), Allen Newell (1927), Leonard Kleinrock (1934), Leslie Lamport (1941), and Alan Perlis (1922).

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