Brian Richards

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Brian Richards is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Hardware and Architecture and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Richards has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 13 papers in Hardware and Architecture and 5 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Brian Richards's work include Embedded Systems Design Techniques (11 papers), Low-power high-performance VLSI design (9 papers) and Advancements in PLL and VCO Technologies (7 papers). Brian Richards is often cited by papers focused on Embedded Systems Design Techniques (11 papers), Low-power high-performance VLSI design (9 papers) and Advancements in PLL and VCO Technologies (7 papers). Brian Richards collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Spain. Brian Richards's co-authors include Krste Asanović, Yunsup Lee, Rimas Avižienis, Andrew Waterman, Jonathan Bachrach, John Wawrzynek, Huy T. Vo, R.W. Brodersen, Borivoje Nikolić and Chang Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems and Futures.

In The Last Decade

Brian Richards

32 papers receiving 998 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Chisel
    2012 584 citations Jonathan Bachrach, Huy T. Vo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian Richards United States 12 656 470 328 141 88 35 1.1k
R. Hermida Spain 17 566 0.9× 416 0.9× 361 1.1× 103 0.7× 61 0.7× 103 991
Peter Athanas United States 16 623 0.9× 457 1.0× 469 1.4× 167 1.2× 57 0.6× 94 1.0k
Martin Margala United States 21 524 0.8× 840 1.8× 332 1.0× 208 1.5× 133 1.5× 226 1.5k
Horácio C. Neto Portugal 18 359 0.5× 426 0.9× 194 0.6× 144 1.0× 183 2.1× 89 876
Mark Zwoliński United Kingdom 18 713 1.1× 985 2.1× 170 0.5× 294 2.1× 75 0.9× 183 1.4k
Georgi Gaydadjiev Netherlands 21 1.4k 2.1× 755 1.6× 870 2.7× 160 1.1× 109 1.2× 178 1.9k
Mauro Olivieri Italy 18 593 0.9× 625 1.3× 320 1.0× 186 1.3× 71 0.8× 120 1.1k
Jaewook Shin South Korea 15 442 0.7× 391 0.8× 409 1.2× 69 0.5× 32 0.4× 53 1.0k
Montek Singh United States 20 722 1.1× 803 1.7× 489 1.5× 61 0.4× 238 2.7× 68 1.4k
Jongsok Choi Canada 12 1.0k 1.6× 426 0.9× 529 1.6× 96 0.7× 80 0.9× 19 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Richards

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Richards

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Brian Richards. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Brian Richards. The network helps show where Brian Richards may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Richards

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brian Richards. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brian Richards based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Brian Richards. Brian Richards is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Schmidt, Colin, John Wright, Eric Chang, et al.. (2021). An Eight-Core 1.44-GHz RISC-V Vector Processor in 16-nm FinFET. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 57(1). 140–152. 10 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Colin, John Wright, Zhongkai Wang, et al.. (2021). 4.3 An Eight-Core 1.44GHz RISC-V Vector Machine in 16nm FinFET. 58–60. 10 indexed citations
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Zimmer, Brian, Yunsup Lee, Alberto Puggelli, et al.. (2016). A RISC-V Vector Processor With Simultaneous-Switching Switched-Capacitor DC–DC Converters in 28 nm FDSOI. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 51(4). 930–942. 51 indexed citations
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Lee, Yunsup, Andrew Waterman, Henry Cook, et al.. (2016). An Agile Approach to Building RISC-V Microprocessors. IEEE Micro. 36(2). 8–20. 70 indexed citations
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Zimmer, Brian, Yunsup Lee, Alberto Puggelli, et al.. (2015). A RISC-V vector processor with tightly-integrated switched-capacitor DC-DC converters in 28nm FDSOI. C316–C317. 25 indexed citations
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Lee, Yunsup, Brian Zimmer, Andrew Waterman, et al.. (2015). Raven: A 28nm RISC-V vector processor with integrated switched-capacitor DC-DC converters and adaptive clocking. 1–45. 9 indexed citations
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Bachrach, Jonathan, Huy T. Vo, Brian Richards, et al.. (2012). Chisel. 1216–1225. 584 indexed citations breakdown →
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Richards, Brian, et al.. (2010). Hardware implementation of Block GC3 lossless compression algorithm for direct-write lithography systems. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7637. 763716–763716. 2 indexed citations
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Marković, Dejan, Chang Chen, Brian Richards, et al.. (2007). ASIC Design and Verification in an FPGA Environment. The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong). 737–740. 21 indexed citations
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Richards, Brian, et al.. (2007). Radio Testbeds Using BEE2. Conference record/Conference record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, & Computers. 1991–1995. 3 indexed citations
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Parsons, Aaron R., D. C. Backer, Chang Chen, et al.. (2006). PetaOp/Second FPGA Signal Processing for SETI and Radio Astronomy. 2031–2035. 29 indexed citations
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Marković, Dejan, Brian Richards, & R.W. Brodersen. (2006). Technology Driven DSP Architecture Optimization within a High-Level Block Diagram Based Design Flow. 89–93. 1 indexed citations
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Tan, Chee Pin, et al.. (1997). Effects of Swelling and Hydrational Stress in Shales on Wellbore Stability. Proceedings of SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition. 9 indexed citations
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Tan, Chee Pin, Brian Richards, & Sheik S. Rahman. (1996). Managing Physico-Chemical Wellbore Instability in Shales with the Chemical Potential Mechanism. 11 indexed citations
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Han, Richard, Ken Lutz, Brian Richards, et al.. (1995). A prototype user interface for a mobile multimedia terminal. 81–82. 17 indexed citations
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Shung, C.B., Rajeev Jain, Mani Srivastava, et al.. (1991). An integrated CAD system for algorithm-specific IC design. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems. 10(4). 447–463. 72 indexed citations

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