2026 Krste Asanovic: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	69	1942	1880	983	945	244	23847

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - ACM Fellow For contributions to computer architecture, including the open RISC-V instruction set and Agile hardware development
2014 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to computer architecture
2011 - ACM Distinguished Member

Overview

Krste Asanovic is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research contributions focus primarily on various aspects of computer science and engineering, particularly within electrical and electronic engineering.

Asanovic's main fields of study include Computer Science and Engineering, with subfields spanning Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Hardware and Architecture, Computer Networks and Communications, and Information Systems.

The main topics covered in Asanovic's work include:

Low-power high-performance VLSI design
Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
Radiation Effects in Electronics
Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design
Security and Verification in Computing
Embedded Systems Design Techniques
VLSI and FPGA Design Techniques

Recent publications by Asanovic span a range of venues, reflecting their multidisciplinary approach to research. Selected papers include:

"Chipyard: Integrated Design, Simulation, and Implementation Framework for Custom SoCs," 2020, IEEE Micro
"Hammer," 2022, Proceedings of the 59th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference
"AutoPhase: Juggling HLS Phase Orderings in Random Forests with Deep Reinforcement Learning," 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
"An Eight-Core 1.44-GHz RISC-V Vector Processor in 16-nm FinFET," 2021, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
"Building Open Trusted Execution Environments," 2020, IEEE Security & Privacy

Regular publication venues for Asanovic include:

IEEE Micro
arXiv (Cornell University)
Proceedings of the 59th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference
IEEE Security & Privacy
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Frequent co-authors working collaboratively with Asanovic are:

Borivoje Nikolić
Colin Schmidt
John Wright
Alon Amid
Jerry Zhao

A number of recognitions have been awarded to Asanovic, including:

ACM Fellow (2018) for contributions to computer architecture, including the open RISC-V instruction set and Agile hardware development
IEEE Fellow (2014) for contributions to computer architecture
ACM Distinguished Member (2011)

Best Publications

The Landscape of Parallel Computing Research: A View from Berkeley

Krste Asanovic;Ras Bodik;Bryan Christopher Catanzaro;Joseph James Gebis

3050
Citations
Single-chip microprocessor that communicates directly using light

Chen Sun;Chen Sun;Mark T. Wade;Yunsup Lee;Jason S. Orcutt;Jason S. Orcutt

1400
Citations
Chisel: constructing hardware in a Scala embedded language

Jonathan Bachrach;Huy Vo;Brian Richards;Yunsup Lee

1117
Citations
Unbounded Transactional Memory

C.S. Ananian;K. Asanovic;B.C. Kuszmaul;C.E. Leiserson

998
Citations
Energy-aware lossless data compression

Kenneth C. Barr;Krste Asanović

949
Citations
A view of the parallel computing landscape

Krste Asanovic;Rastislav Bodik;James Demmel;Tony Keaveny

945
Citations
Optimizing matrix multiply using PHiPAC: a portable, high-performance, ANSI C coding methodology

Jeff Bilmes;Krste Asanovic;Chee-Whye Chin;Jim Demmel

786
Citations
Building Many-Core Processor-to-DRAM Networks with Monolithic CMOS Silicon Photonics

C. Batten;A. Joshi;J. Orcutt;A. Khilo

577
Citations
Direction-optimizing breadth-first search

Scott Beamer;Krste Asanovic;David Patterson

572
Citations
Building Manycore Processor-to-DRAM Networks with Monolithic Silicon Photonics

C. Batten;A. Joshi;J. Orcutt;A. Khilo

560
Citations
Victim Replication: Maximizing Capacity while Hiding Wire Delay in Tiled Chip Multiprocessors

Michael Zhang;Krste Asanovic

500
Citations
Optimizing matrix multiply using PHiPAC: a portable, high-performance, ANSI C coding methodology

Unknown

499
Citations
Mondrian memory protection

Emmett Witchel;Josh Cates;Krste Asanović

448
Citations
Silicon-photonic clos networks for global on-chip communication

Ajay Joshi;Christopher Batten;Yong-Jin Kwon;Scott Beamer

430
Citations
Keystone: an open framework for architecting trusted execution environments

Dayeol Lee;David Kohlbrenner;Shweta Shinde;Krste Asanović

332
Citations
Chipyard: Integrated Design, Simulation, and Implementation Framework for Custom SoCs

Alon Amid;David Biancolin;Abraham Gonzalez;Daniel Grubb

302
Citations
PHANTOM: practical oblivious computation in a secure processor

Martin Maas;Eric Love;Emil Stefanov;Mohit Tiwari

295
Citations
Dynamic zero compression for cache energy reduction

Luis Villa;Michael Zhang;Krste Asanović

291
Citations
Scalable processors in the billion-transistor era: IRAM

C.E. Kozyrakis;S. Perissakis;D. Patterson;T. Anderson

287
Citations
The GAP Benchmark Suite

Scott Beamer;Krste Asanovic;David A. Patterson

264
Citations
The Vector-Thread Architecture

Ronny Krashinsky;Christopher Batten;Mark Hampton;Steve Gerding

257
Citations
Vector microprocessors

Krste Asanovic;John Wawrzynek

243
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Patterson University of California, Berkeley

John Wawrzynek University of California, Berkeley

Borivoje Nikolic University of California, Berkeley

Nelson Morgan International Computer Science Institute

Vladimir Stojanovic University of California, Berkeley

John Kubiatowicz University of California, Berkeley

Ion Stoica University of California, Berkeley

Elad Alon University of California, Berkeley

Brian Kingsbury IBM (United States)

Dawn Song University of California, Berkeley

External Links

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