David A. Patterson is a pioneering computer scientist known for his contributions to computer

architecture, particularly as a co-developer of reduced instruction set computing or risk,

which revolutionized processor design. He has co-authored multiple books, including the highly

influential computer architecture, a quantitative approach. David is a UC Berkeley party professor

emeritus, a Google distinguished engineer since 2016, the Rios Laboratory Director, and the

Risk Five International Vice Chair. He received the 2017 Touring Award together with John L. Hennessy,

quote, for pioneering a systematic

approach to the design and evaluation of computer architectures with enduring impact on the

microprocessor industry. In this episode, he joins Kevin Ball to talk about his life and career.

Kevin Ball, or K. Ball, is the vice president of engineering at Mento and an independent coach for engineers and engineering leaders.

He co-founded and served as CTO for two companies, founded the San Diego JavaScript Meetup, and organizes the AI inaction discussion group through latent space.

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It is my absolute honor today to welcome Turing Award winner David Patterson to the show.

Thanks for having me.

I'm excited to have you, and I have a bunch of questions.

I just love getting to geek out with people on stuff.

But I'm curious, before we start, you have a long, illustrious background.

You've been in a whole bunch of

different domains of the tech industry. How do you introduce yourself these days? What do you bring

forward? I think I usually start with. I was a Berkeley professor of computer science for four

decades. And eight and a half years ago, I started working for Google. So I've almost got a decade

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