# David Patterson (@stem-extra-david-patterson)

David A. Patterson was a American computer architect. Patterson led Berkeley RISC research showing that simplified instruction sets and compiler cooperation could yield efficient processors.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from David Patterson's public record._

## Topics

- [Architecture as Co-Design](/@stem-extra-david-patterson/architecture-as-co-design.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [RAID](/@stem-extra-david-patterson/raid.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [RISC](/@stem-extra-david-patterson/risc.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/patterson_2316693.cfm
- blog: https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~pattrsn/
- blog: https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1987/CSD-87-391.pdf

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "stem-extra-david-patterson", "question": "…"}`.