Turing Award Winner: TPU vs GPU vs CPU, Computer Architecture, RISC vs CISC | David Patterson

<p>David Patterson is a Turing Award winner famous for his contributions to computer architecture. I interviewed him about his past work, thoughts on GPU/TPUs and career advice from half a century of experience.</p><p><br /></p><p>• My ergonomic keyboard project I mentioned, you can follow along here: https://read.compose.llc/</p><p>• The Kickstarter page for it: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanlpeterman/compose-simple-ergonomics-beautifully-done</p><p><br /></p><p>Podcast links:</p><p><br /></p><p>• YouTube: https://youtu.be/Pn4ZwlEh5nw</p><p>• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835</p><p>• Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/turing-award-winner-tpu-vs-gpu-vs?r=n49ky</p><p><br /></p><p>Timestamps:</p><p><br /></p><p>(00:00) Intro</p><p>(00:42) RISC vs CISC</p><p>(12:51) Compilers</p><p>(17:38) GPUs</p><p>(23:07) GPU vs TPU vs CPU</p><p>(32:12) Is Moores law dead?</p><p>(38:04) GPU benchmarks</p><p>(41:40) How to have a bad career</p><p>(49:59) Courage and optimism</p><p>(55:56) Advice for his younger self</p><p>(58:15) Outro</p><p><br /></p><p>Where to find David:</p><p><br /></p><p>• Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Patterson_(computer_scientist)</p><p><br /></p><p>Where to find Ryan:</p><p><br /></p><p>• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/</p><p>• X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman</p><p>• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/</p><p>• Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman</p><p>• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman</p><p>• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman</p><p><br /></p><p>Referenced in this episode:</p><p><br /></p><p>• AlexNet paper: https://proceedings.neurips.cc/paper_files/paper/2012/file/c399862d3b9d6b76c8436e924a68c45b-Paper.pdf</p><p>• David Patterson's “How to Have a Bad Career” talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn1w4MRHIhc</p><p>• “Life Lessons from the First Half-Century of My Career”: https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/life-lessons-from-the-first-half-century-of-my-career/</p><p>• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (book): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_7_Habits_of_Highly_Effective_People</p><p>• Working (book): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_(Terkel_book)</p>