David A. Patterson
(4 articles)
1960
HPC
High Performance Compute
High Performance Compute
A practice of aggregating computing power in a way that delivers significantly higher performance than an average desktop or workstation.
Generality: 788
1970
Accelerator
Hardware designed to speed up specific types of computations, such as those needed for AI model training and inference.
Generality: 767
1970
ASIC
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
A microchip designed for a specific application or function, particularly used in electronics where high efficiency and low power consumption are required.
Generality: 660
1980
Data Parallelism
A method of parallel computing where the same operation is performed simultaneously on different pieces of distributed data to accelerate large-scale computations.
Generality: 675