David A. Patterson
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David A. Patterson is a pioneering American computer scientist best known for his work on RISC architecture, RAID storage, and influential computer architecture textbooks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David A. Patterson canonical | 13 |
| Randy H. Katz | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1634115 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David A. Patterson Context triple: [John L. Hennessy, coAuthor, David A. Patterson]
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A.
John L. Hennessy
John L. Hennessy is an American computer scientist and academic leader, former president of Stanford University, and a pioneer in RISC processor architecture.
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B.
Monica S. Lam
Monica S. Lam is a computer scientist and professor known for her influential work in compilers, programming languages, and software systems.
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C.
Jeffrey D. Ullman
Jeffrey D. Ullman is a prominent American computer scientist known for his foundational contributions to database theory, algorithms, and formal languages, and for coauthoring several classic textbooks in computer science.
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D.
Peter J. Denning
Peter J. Denning is an American computer scientist renowned for his foundational work in operating systems, particularly virtual memory, and for his leadership in advancing the science and practice of computing.
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E.
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Andrew S. Tanenbaum is a renowned computer scientist and educator best known for creating the MINIX operating system and authoring influential textbooks on computer architecture and operating systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David A. Patterson Target entity description: David A. Patterson is a pioneering American computer scientist best known for his work on RISC architecture, RAID storage, and influential computer architecture textbooks.
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A.
John L. Hennessy
John L. Hennessy is an American computer scientist and academic leader, former president of Stanford University, and a pioneer in RISC processor architecture.
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B.
Monica S. Lam
Monica S. Lam is a computer scientist and professor known for her influential work in compilers, programming languages, and software systems.
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C.
Jeffrey D. Ullman
Jeffrey D. Ullman is a prominent American computer scientist known for his foundational contributions to database theory, algorithms, and formal languages, and for coauthoring several classic textbooks in computer science.
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D.
Peter J. Denning
Peter J. Denning is an American computer scientist renowned for his foundational work in operating systems, particularly virtual memory, and for his leadership in advancing the science and practice of computing.
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E.
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Andrew S. Tanenbaum is a renowned computer scientist and educator best known for creating the MINIX operating system and authoring influential textbooks on computer architecture and operating systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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computer scientist ⓘ electrical engineer ⓘ human ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in Computer Science ⓘ |
| advisorOf | students in computer architecture at UC Berkeley ⓘ |
| authorOf |
Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach
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Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 1st edition ⓘ Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 2nd edition ⓘ Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 3rd edition ⓘ Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 4th edition ⓘ Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 5th edition ⓘ Computer Organization and Design ⓘ
linked to:
"Computer Organization and Design"
Computer Organization and Design ARM Edition ⓘ
linked to:
"Computer Organization and Design"
Computer Organization and Design MIPS Edition ⓘ
linked to:
"Computer Organization and Design"
Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition ⓘ
linked to:
"Computer Organization and Design"
Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface ⓘ
linked to:
"Computer Organization and Design"
|
| awardReceived |
ACM A.M. Turing Award
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linked to:
Turing Award
ACM Distinguished Service Award ⓘ ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award ⓘ ACM-IEEE Eckert-Mauchly Award ⓘ IEEE John von Neumann Medal ⓘ |
| coAuthor | John L. Hennessy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| familyName | Patterson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
RAID storage
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RISC architecture ⓘ computer architecture ⓘ computer systems ⓘ parallel computing ⓘ storage systems ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| hasAcademicTitle |
Professor
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Professor Emeritus ⓘ |
| helpedDevelop |
RISC-V instruction set architecture
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linked to:
RISC-V
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| influenced |
modern microprocessor design
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modern storage system design ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Berkeley RISC project
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linked to:
Berkeley RISC projects
RAID storage ⓘ RISC architecture ⓘ Reduced Instruction Set Computer design ⓘ Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks ⓘ computer architecture textbooks ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Engineering ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name | David A. Patterson ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Krste Asanović ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chair of the Computer Science Division at UC Berkeley
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Director of the Parallel Computing Laboratory at UC Berkeley ⓘ President of the Association for Computing Machinery ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
instruction set architecture
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performance evaluation ⓘ storage reliability ⓘ |
| workInstitution | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: David A. Patterson Description of subject: David A. Patterson is a pioneering American computer scientist best known for his work on RISC architecture, RAID storage, and influential computer architecture textbooks.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
"Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach"
subject linked to:
"Computer Organization and Design"
subject linked to:
John
linked to: David A. Patterson