--- title: "David Patterson — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "David Patterson, Fisheries and Oceans Canada: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2021–2023), h-index 93 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-patterson/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-patterson/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / David Patterson # David Patterson David Patterson has 2 papers in our library, in 2021–2023, most of them on [GPU & parallel computing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/gpu-parallel-computing/); often with [Chen Liang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chen-liang/), [David R. So](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-r-so/), [Jeff Dean](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jeff-dean/). 2 papers in our library · 2021–2023 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5077202069) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0902-7093) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130871942) · [**h-index 93**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5077202069) · [551 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5077202069) · [55,843 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5077202069&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-patterson/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 333 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-patterson/cited-by/) · [5 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #2599](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/26/#star-2599) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=David+Patterson) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=David+Patterson) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=David+Patterson) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=David+Patterson) ## Affiliations [🏛️**Fisheries and Oceans Canada** Ottawa · Canada 2004–2026 · 162 papers*current*](https://ror.org/02qa1x782) · [🎓**Simon Fraser University** Burnaby · Canada 2004–2026 · 160 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/simon-fraser-university/) · [🎓**University of California, Berkeley** Berkeley · United States 1979–2025 · 188 papersEmployment](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-berkeley/) · [🎓**University of Tennessee at Knoxville** Knoxville · United States 1973–2024 · 16 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-tennessee-at-knoxville/) · [🏢**Google** Mountain View · United States 2017–2025 · 13 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/google/) · [🎓**University of British Columbia** Vancouver · Canada 2004–2020 · 8 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-british-columbia/) · [🎓**University of Montana** Missoula · United States 1992–2018 · 7 papers](https://ror.org/0078xmk34) · [🎓**Washington University in St. Louis** St Louis · United States 2012–2017 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/washington-university-in-st-louis/) · [🤝**Association for Computing Machinery** New York · United States 2004–2005 · 5 papers](https://ror.org/03wsadn68) · [🎓**Carleton University** Ottawa · Canada 2006–2009 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/carleton-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 19 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 7 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Hardware and Architecture · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/hardware-and-architecture/) · [Engineering · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/engineering/) · [Computer Networks and Communications · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-networks-and-communications/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) · [Electrical and Electronic Engineering · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/engineering/electrical-and-electronic-engineering/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[GPU & parallel computing · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/gpu-parallel-computing/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Machine learning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/machine-learning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-patterson/year/2023/) · [**2021** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-patterson/year/2021/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[TPU v4: An Optically Reconfigurable Supercomputer for Machine Learning with Hardware Support for Embeddings](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/jouppi-2023-tpu-v4-optically-reconfigurable-supercomputer/)** *(2023 · 615 citations)* Google's TPU v4 paper tackles a hard problem: building a machine-learning supercomputer with thousands of chips that stays reliable and efficient while workloads keep changing. 2. **[Carbon Emissions and Large Neural Network Training](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/patterson-2021-carbon-emissions-large-neural-network/)** *(2021 · 323 citations)* The paper asks how much electricity and greenhouse-gas output (CO2e) the training of large NLP models actually requires. ## All works 7 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Above the Clouds: A Berkeley View of Cloud Computing ↗](https://openalex.org/W2131629857) no summary yet**Michael Armbrust et al.*2009 · 5,696 citations* 2. **[TPU v4: An Optically Reconfigurable Supercomputer for Machine Learning with Hardware Support for Embeddings](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/jouppi-2023-tpu-v4-optically-reconfigurable-supercomputer/) [Proceedings - International Symposium on Computer Architecture/Proceedings](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/proceedings-international-symposium-on-computer-architecture-proceedings/)**Norman P. Jouppi; George Kurian; Sheng Li; Peter Ma; Rahul Nagarajan; Lifeng Nai; Nishant Patil; Suvinay Subramanian; Andy Swing; Brian Towles; Cliff Young; Xiang Zhou; Zongwei Zhou;, David Patterson*2023 · 615 citations* 3. **[Cloud Programming Simplified: A Berkeley View on Serverless Computing ↗](https://doi.org/10.4230/oasics.microservices.2020-2022.5) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Jonas, Eric et al.*2019 · 422 citations* 4. [**Carbon Emissions and Large Neural Network Training arXiv:2104.10350**David Patterson, Joseph Gonzalez, Quoc Le, et al.*2021 · 323 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/patterson-2021-carbon-emissions-large-neural-network/) 5. **[Faster and More Accurate Sequence Alignment with SNAP ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.5572) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Matei Zaharia et al.*2011 · 205 citations* 6. **[A Million Cancer Genome Warehouse ↗](https://openalex.org/W282043041) UC Berkeley · no summary yet**David H. Haussler et al.*2012 · 12 citations* 7. **[The Sky Above The Clouds ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.07147) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Sarah Chasins et al.*2022 · 2 citations* ## Co-authors here 5 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Chen Liang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chen-liang/) - [David R. So](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-r-so/) - [Jeff Dean](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jeff-dean/) - [Joseph E. Gonzalez](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joseph-e-gonzalez/) - [Quoc Viet Le](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/quoc-viet-le/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Proceedings - International Symposium on Computer Architecture/Proceedings](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/proceedings-international-symposium-on-computer-architecture-proceedings/): [Proceedings - International Symposium on Computer Architecture/Proceedings 2023](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/proceedings-international-symposium-on-computer-architecture-proceedings/2023/) - UC Berkeley ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 333 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [30 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-patterson/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026