# Turing Award Winner: TPUs vs GPUs vs CPUs, Computer Architecture, RISC vs CISC | David Patterson

DevFeed: [Turing Award Winner: TPUs vs GPUs vs CPUs, Computer Architecture, RISC vs CISC | David Patterson](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/turing-award-winner-tpus-vs-gpus-vs-cpus-computer-architecture-risc-vs-cisc-david-patterson-18101.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.developing.dev/p/turing-award-winner-tpu-vs-gpu-vs>)

Author: Ryan Peterman

Published: 2026-07-13T13:05:15Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [The Developing Dev](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-developing-dev.md>)

Topics: [cpu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cpu.md>)

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## AI overview

A podcast conversation with David Patterson covers the history of the RISC versus CISC debate and differences among CPUs, GPUs, and TPUs, drawing on Patterson's computer architecture expertise.

## Source excerpt

In college I briefly studied RISC vs CISC for my major but I forgot almost everything now.