Norman Jouppi
Norman Paul Jouppi | |
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| Alma mater | Northwestern University (M.S.), Stanford University (Ph.D.) |
| Occupation(s) | Electrical engineer, computer scientist |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Employer(s) | Digital Equipment Corporation, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Google |
| Known for | Contributions to RISC architecture, memory hierarchy design, heterogeneous computing architectures, CACTI tool |
| Awards | Eckert–Mauchly Award (2015), Hewlett Packard Fellow (2002), IEEE Fellow (2003), ACM Fellow (2007), Alan D. Berenbaum Distinguished Service Award (2013), Harry H. Goode Memorial Award (2014) |
Norman Paul Jouppi is a distinguished American electrical engineer and computer scientist.
Career
Jouppi contributed as a computer architect to the Stanford MIPS initiative led by John L. Hennessy, which was among the pioneering projects in RISC architecture. He obtained his master's degree in electrical engineering from Northwestern University in 1980 and completed his PhD at Stanford University in 1984. That same year, he began his career at Digital Equipment Corporation's Western Research Laboratory. Subsequently, he held positions at Compaq and Hewlett-Packard, where he directed several research groups within HP Labs in Palo Alto: the Advanced Architecture Lab (2006–2008), the Exascale Computing Lab (2008–2010), and the Intelligent Infrastructure Lab (2010–2011). Later, Jouppi took on a role as a computer engineer at Google.
His innovations include significant progress in memory hierarchy design, such as the creation of victim buffers, prefetching stream buffers, and multi-level exclusive cache systems. He also made notable contributions to heterogeneous computing architectures, particularly those involving single ISA heterogeneous designs, and developed the CACTI tool to simulate cache performance metrics including timing, area, and power consumption.
Jouppi served as the principal architect for four microprocessor designs and played a key role in advancing graphics accelerator technology. His expertise further extends to telepresence systems and the application of nanophotonics in computational contexts.
In recognition of his influence on high-performance processor and storage technologies, Jouppi was awarded the prestigious Eckert–Mauchly Award in 2015. He was named a Hewlett Packard Fellow in 2002, elevated to IEEE Fellow status in 2003 for his processor and memory system design achievements, and became an ACM Fellow in 2007. The ACM acknowledged his service with the Alan D. Berenbaum Distinguished Service Award in 2013 and honored him with the Harry H. Goode Memorial Award in 2014. That same year, he was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering for his pioneering work on computer memory hierarchies.
Between 2007 and 2011, Jouppi led ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture (SIGARCH) as its chair. From 1984 until 1996, he held consulting assistant or associate professor roles at Stanford University. He is credited with over 35 United States patents and contributes to editorial boards for Communications of the ACM and IEEE Computer Architecture Letters.
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