Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2020-06-27
Books mentioned on #104 – David Patterson: Computer Architecture and Data Storage
David Patterson is a Turing award winner and professor of computer science at Berkeley. He is known for pioneering contributions to RISC processor architecture used by 99% of new chips today and for co-creating RAID storage.
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“he's also one of the great educators of computer science in the world his book with John Hennessy is how I first learned about and was humbled by the inner workings of machines at the lowest level”
“his book with John Hennessy is how I first learned about and was humbled by the inner workings of machines at the lowest level”
Ad read Catch Me If You Can
“I recently listened to his conversation with Frank Abagnale author of catch me if you can one of the world's most famous Kahneman”
Ad read The Ascent of Money
“I recommend the scent of money as a great book on this history also the audio book is amazing”
“in fact he and I wrote a textbook at the end of the 1980s called computer architecture a quantitative approach”