Krste Asanović

{{Short description|American computer engineer}}

{{Infobox academic

| name = Krste Asanović

| nationality = American

| image = Krste-SiFive.jpg

| caption = Asanovic in 2018

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| alma_mater = University of California, Berkeley

| discipline = Computer architecture

| known_for = Co-founder, SiFive

| thesis_title = Vector Microprocessors

| thesis_url = http://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~krste/thesis.pdf

| thesis_year = 1998

| doctoral_advisor = John Wawrzynek

}}

Krste Asanović is an engineering academic from the University of California, Berkeley. He has written and co-authored many academic papers concerning computer architecture.{{cite web

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}} {{As of|2023}}, he is chairman of the Board of the RISC-V Foundation.{{cite web |url=https://riscv.org/about/board-of-directors/ |title=RISC-V Board of Directors |website=riscv.org |access-date=2023-08-14}}

Asanović was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2014{{Cite web|url=https://www.ieee.org/2014Fellowclass|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213225100/http://www.ieee.org/2014Fellowclass|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 13, 2013|title=2014 elevated fellow|website=IEEE Fellows Directory}} for contributions to computer architecture. He was elected as an ACM Fellow in 2018 for "contributions to computer architecture, including the open RISC-V instruction set and Agile hardware".{{citation|url=https://www.acm.org/media-center/2018/december/fellows-2018|title=2018 ACM Fellows Honored for Pivotal Achievements that Underpin the Digital Age|publisher=Association for Computing Machinery|date=December 5, 2018}}

Asanović received a PhD in computer science from Berkeley in 1998 under John Wawrzynek.{{cite web |title=Krste Asanovic |url=https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Faculty/Homepages/asanovic.html |website=EECS at Berkeley |access-date=4 August 2022}}{{cite web |title=Krste Asanovic |url=https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=145237 |website=The Mathematics Genealogy Project |access-date=30 October 2022}} In 2015, along with RISC-V researchers he co-founded SiFive, a fabless semiconductor company and provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP, where he serves as its chief architect.{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2016/07/11/risc-v-sifive-chips/ |title=This New Chip Startup Wants To Bring Open Source To A Stagnant Industry |date=July 11, 2016 |work=Forbes |last=Tilley |first=Aaron}}{{Cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/11/29/sifive-launches-open-source-risc-v-custom-chip/|title=SiFive launches open source RISC-V custom chip|last=Takahashi|first=Dean|date=November 29, 2016|website=VentureBeat}}