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Advanced Micro Devices (Canada)

In research, Advanced Micro Devices (Canada) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,343 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computer Science — Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 6.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,616
of 28,054 · #6,553 all time
Rank in Canada
#113
of 403
Research works
882
▼ 49% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
14%
world 28%

What is Advanced Micro Devices (Canada) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #4,343 of 12,888 17.5%104 #4225

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Advanced Micro Devices (Canada) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Advanced Micro Devices (Canada) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 30.6 works6.8×
  2. Computer ScienceField · 45.6 works4.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 4.68× its world share, 46 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.52× its world share, 47 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.24× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.71× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Advanced Micro Devices (Canada)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Parallel Computing, Deep Learning, High-Performance Computing, GPU Computing, Performance Optimization, Neural Networks, FPGA and Energy Efficiency.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning14▲ 3.3×33 topics
  2. Parallel Computing10▲ 68×3 topics
  3. Neural Networks10▲ 5.0×15 topics
  4. High-Performance Computing9▲ 86×2 topics
  5. GPU Computing8▲ 170×1 topic
  6. Performance Optimization8▲ 101×1 topic
  7. Energy Efficiency6▲ 5.5×12 topics
  8. FPGA6▲ 128×3 topics
  9. Machine Learning6▲ 1.41×23 topics
  10. Thermal Management5▲ 13×5 topics
  11. Power Optimization5▲ 143×2 topics
  12. CMOS Technology5▲ 45×4 topics
  13. System Integration4▲ 187×2 topics
  14. Integrated Circuits4▲ 20×3 topics
  15. Interconnect4▲ 183×1 topic
  16. Through-Silicon Via4▲ 183×1 topic
  17. Convolutional Neural Networks3▲ 3.8×5 topics
  18. Power Electronics3▲ 7.8×4 topics
  19. Embedded Systems3▲ 57×2 topics
  20. Low-Power3▲ 59×2 topics
  21. Process Variation3▲ 41×2 topics
  22. ASIC3▲ 247×1 topic
  23. High-Level Synthesis3▲ 112×1 topic
  24. Placement3▲ 247×1 topic
  25. Reconfigurable Computing3▲ 93×1 topic
  26. EMI3▲ 116×1 topic
  27. Electromagnetic Compatibility3▲ 116×1 topic
  28. Embedded Cores3▲ 141×1 topic
  29. Test Data Compression3▲ 141×1 topic
  30. Approximate Computing3▲ 113×1 topic
  31. VLSI Circuits3▲ 113×1 topic
  32. Simulation3▲ 8.0×3 topics
  33. Convolutional Networks2▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Neuromorphic Computing2▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Generative Adversarial Networks2▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Visualization2▲ 34×2 topics
  37. Computer Graphics2▲ 71×1 topic
  38. Rendering2▲ 71×1 topic
  39. Failure Analysis2▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Fault Localization2▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does Advanced Micro Devices (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques, 3D IC and TSV technologies, VLSI and FPGA Design Techniques and Embedded Systems Design Techniques.

Parallel Computing and O…8Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques: 8 fractional works3D IC and TSV technologies: 4 fractional worksVLSI and FPGA Design Techniques: 3 fractional worksEmbedded Systems Design Techniques: 3 fractional worksElectromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression: 3 fractional worksVLSI and Analog Circuit Testing: 3 fractional worksLow-power high-performan…3Low-power high-performance VLSI design: 3 fractional worksComputer Graphics and Visualization Techniques: 2 fractional worksIntegrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing: 2 fractional works
Hardware and ArchitectureElectrical and Electronic EngineeringComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques Hardware and Architecture 8 works
  2. 2 3D IC and TSV technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 VLSI and FPGA Design Techniques Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Embedded Systems Design Techniques Hardware and Architecture 3 works
  5. 5 Electromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing Hardware and Architecture 3 works
  7. 7 Low-power high-performance VLSI design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 2 works
  9. 9 Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available14.5%not open85.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.8%domestic only48.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Advanced Micro Devices (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% lower than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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