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So now both H & P working at Google? (Though I don't know enough about corporate board stuff to tell if chairman is "working for")

by dmoy 9y ago

cbHXBY1D 9y ago
Pretty crazy! Hopefully they get Patterson to work on some novel computer architectures. TPUs are very cool but they are not for consumers.
- jlebar 9y ago
  I know what you mean, but e.g. every time the Google Assistant talks to you, the consumer, you're using TPUs. https://deepmind.com/blog/wavenet-launches-google-assistant/ https://deepmind.com/blog/wavenet-launches-google-assistant/
- utopcell 9y ago
  They're getting there: https://cloud.google.com/tpu/ https://cloud.google.com/tpu/
pharrington 9y ago
A "Board of Directors" is the executive unit of a publicly owned company [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_company]. It is separate from Google's internal corporate hierarchy.
stochastic_monk 9y ago
Who are "H & P"? I haven't been able to track down who the P is.
- chewxy 9y ago
  Patterson. Computer Architecture is their landmark book
  - adultSwim 9y ago
    To me, Patterson is the real superstar of the duo.
- mediocrejoker 9y ago
  Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach is a seminal text in computer science by John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson. From what little I've read of it for my classes in the subject, it's well written and accessible.
  - stochastic_monk 9y ago
    Thanks! I'm a CS PhD student, but my undergrad and master's are in physics, so I didn't go through all of the same steps many did in their CS curricula.
    - dmoy 9y ago
      It is usually in graduate courses, I guess maybe some better schools' undergrad programs. Agree with gp, very well written text. Probably the only class textbook that I have actually read entirely. (10 years ago or whatever)
      - stochastic_monk 9y ago
        I’m sure H&P is the CLRS of architecture.
econner 9y ago
He was also President of Stanford for a bunch of years.

So now both H & P working at Google? (Though I don't know enough about corporate board stuff to tell if chairman is "working for")

by dmoy 9y ago

So now both H & P working at Google? (Though I don't know enough about corporate board stuff to tell if chairman is "working for")

cbHXBY1D 9y ago

Pretty crazy! Hopefully they get Patterson to work on some novel computer architectures. TPUs are very cool but they are not for consumers.

jlebar 9y ago
I know what you mean, but e.g. every time the Google Assistant talks to you, the consumer, you're using TPUs. https://deepmind.com/blog/wavenet-launches-google-assistant/ https://deepmind.com/blog/wavenet-launches-google-assistant/
utopcell 9y ago
They're getting there: https://cloud.google.com/tpu/ https://cloud.google.com/tpu/

pharrington 9y ago

A "Board of Directors" is the executive unit of a publicly owned company [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_company]. It is separate from Google's internal corporate hierarchy.

stochastic_monk 9y ago

Who are "H & P"? I haven't been able to track down who the P is.

chewxy 9y ago
Patterson. Computer Architecture is their landmark book
- adultSwim 9y ago
  To me, Patterson is the real superstar of the duo.
mediocrejoker 9y ago
Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach is a seminal text in computer science by John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson. From what little I've read of it for my classes in the subject, it's well written and accessible.
- stochastic_monk 9y ago
  Thanks! I'm a CS PhD student, but my undergrad and master's are in physics, so I didn't go through all of the same steps many did in their CS curricula.
  - dmoy 9y ago
    It is usually in graduate courses, I guess maybe some better schools' undergrad programs. Agree with gp, very well written text. Probably the only class textbook that I have actually read entirely. (10 years ago or whatever)
    - stochastic_monk 9y ago
      I’m sure H&P is the CLRS of architecture.

econner 9y ago

He was also President of Stanford for a bunch of years.