David Patterson Quotes on Computers & Technology (2 Quotes)

Government funding for this type of research has fallen off, which means that companies have to step up in helping produce the next generation of technology leaders in information technology. There are a lot of bright young people that deserve support, but can't find it elsewhere.

Right now, it takes a large company employing hundreds of really smart people to support Internet services. Our goal with this center is to develop technology that eliminates the need for such a large organization, opening up innovation opportunities for small groups or even individual entrepreneurs. We can help do this by applying statistical machine learning - the same technology used successfully in the recent autonomous vehicle grand challenge - to the development of computer systems.