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The Innovation Engine: Government-Funded Academic Research.

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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.
Subjects: Federal aid to research, Computer science research, Technological innovations, Research & economics, Microprocessor performance, Computer storage devices
Abstract: 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.
Database: Engineering Source
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Abstract: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.
ISSN:00010782
DOI:10.1145/3747176