• The Innovation Engine: Governm...

Treffer: The Innovation Engine: Government-Funded Academic Research.

Title:
The Innovation Engine: Government-Funded Academic Research.
Authors:
Patterson, David1 (AUTHOR) pattrsn@cs.berkeley.edu
Source:
Communications of the ACM. Dec2025, Vol. 68 Issue 12, p58-65. 8p.
Subject Terms:
*FEDERAL aid to research, *TECHNOLOGICAL innovations, *COMPUTER storage devices, COMPUTER science research, RESEARCH & economics, MICROPROCESSOR performance
Database:
Business Source Premier

Weitere Informationen

The article recounts the author's experience with government-funded academic research (GoFAR) projects at a single university over a 40-year career, highlighting their technological and economic contributions. It summarizes the five most successful projects, including the Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC), focused on microprocessor speed, and the Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) project.