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Advanced Micro Devices (Canada)

In research, Advanced Micro Devices (Canada) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,887 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computer Science (Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 6.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,349
of 22,385 · #9,825 all time
Rank in Canada
#188
of 305
Research works
882
▲ 114% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
52%
world 18%
Advanced Micro Devices (Canada)

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

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #4,887 of 10,670 14.1%104 #3558

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Advanced Micro Devices (Canada) work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Advanced Micro Devices (Canada) is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (37%), Computer Science (36%), Medicine (4%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 117 fractional works · 83.0% of its workEngineering: 53 fractional works · 37.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 34 fractional works · 24.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 50 fractional works · 35.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 15 fractional works · 10.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 10 fractional works · 6.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 6.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 8.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAdvanced MicroDevices (Canada)142fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences83%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering5337.3%
    2. Computer Science5035.6%
    3. Materials Science53.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy42.9%
    5. Environmental Science31.8%
    6. Energy10.7%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    8. Chemistry00.3%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences32.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities21.7%
    3. Decision Sciences21.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.3%
    6. Psychology00.2%
    1. Medicine64.1%
    2. Health Professions10.7%
    3. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.6%
    2. Neuroscience21.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Advanced Micro Devices (Canada) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 6.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 34.0 works6.7×
  2. Computer ScienceField · 50.4 works4.6×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 4.58× its world share, 50 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.49× its world share, 53 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.07× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.30× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.68× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× 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, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science4.58×50 works
  2. Engineering2.49×53 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.68×2 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.30×4 works
  5. Materials Science1.07×5 works
  6. Neuroscience0.85×2 works
  7. Energy0.71×1 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.59×2 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.59×2 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.48×1 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.39×2 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.36×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.36×2 works
  14. Veterinary0.35×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×2 works
  16. Health Professions0.28×1 works
  17. Medicine0.21×6 works
  18. Chemistry0.17×0 works
  19. Social Sciences0.17×3 works
  20. Mathematics0.13×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×1 works
  22. Psychology0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Advanced Micro Devices (Canada)?

Ranked on the quality score, Indrani Paul, Russell Schreiber and Natalya Tatarchuk lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Advanced Micro Devices (Canada).

  1. 1 Indrani Paul Canada · #1,447,718 worldwide 567 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Russell Schreiber Canada · #1,504,205 worldwide 330 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Natalya Tatarchuk Canada · #1,718,688 worldwide 565 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Justin Hensley Canada · #2,023,054 worldwide 661 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Yasuko Eckert Canada · #2,147,693 worldwide 432 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Shaizeen Aga Canada · #3,116,258 worldwide 568 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Holger Gruen Canada · #3,306,030 worldwide 37 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 David Greenlaw Canada · #3,791,178 worldwide 585 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Th. Feudel Canada · #3,994,739 worldwide 184 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Igor V. Peidous Canada · #4,018,435 worldwide 91 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Advanced Micro Devices (Canada)

What are the most cited papers from Advanced Micro Devices (Canada)?

The most cited paper from Advanced Micro Devices (Canada) is "The gem5 simulator" (Nathan L. Binkert, Bradford M. Beckmann, Gabriel Black et al., 2011), with 4,935 citations. Next come "OpenMM 4: A Reusable, Extensible, Hardware Independent Library for High Performance Molecular Simulation" (764) and "FinFET scaling to 10 nm gate length" (597).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The gem5 simulator Nathan L. Binkert, Bradford M. Beckmann, Gabriel Black et al. · ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News 31 May 2011 4,935
2 OpenMM 4: A Reusable, Extensible, Hardware Independent Library for High Performance Molecular Simulation Peter K. Eastman, Mark S. Friedrichs, John D. Chodera et al. · Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation Open access 18 Oct 2012 764
3 FinFET scaling to 10 nm gate length Bin Yu, Leland Chang, Safayet Ahmed et al. Conference paper 26 Jun 2003 597
4 Cache-Conscious Wavefront Scheduling Timothy G. Rogers, Mike O’Connor, Tor M. Aamodt Conference paper Dec 2012 425
5 Observation of the two-channel Kondo effect Ronald M. Potok, I. G. Rau, Hadas Shtrikman et al. · Nature Open access Mar 2007 377
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Parallel Computing, High-Performance Computing, Neural Networks, GPU Computing, Performance Optimization, 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-now 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 Learning16▲ 3.4×36 topics
  2. Neural Networks10▲ 4.8×16 topics
  3. Parallel Computing10▲ 62×3 topics
  4. High-Performance Computing9▲ 80×2 topics
  5. GPU Computing8▲ 151×1 topic
  6. Performance Optimization8▲ 93×1 topic
  7. Energy Efficiency7▲ 5.3×12 topics
  8. Machine Learning7▲ 1.40×28 topics
  9. FPGA6▲ 113×3 topics
  10. Thermal Management6▲ 12×5 topics
  11. Integrated Circuits5▲ 24×3 topics
  12. CMOS Technology5▲ 43×4 topics
  13. Power Optimization5▲ 124×2 topics
  14. System Integration4▲ 168×2 topics
  15. Convolutional Neural Networks4▲ 4.3×6 topics
  16. Interconnect4▲ 172×1 topic
  17. Through-Silicon Via4▲ 172×1 topic
  18. Power Electronics3▲ 7.1×4 topics
  19. Embedded Cores3▲ 145×1 topic
  20. Embedded Systems3▲ 49×2 topics
  21. Low-Power3▲ 53×2 topics
  22. Process Variation3▲ 38×2 topics
  23. Test Data Compression3▲ 145×1 topic
  24. Unsupervised Learning3▲ 14×3 topics
  25. ASIC3▲ 208×1 topic
  26. High-Level Synthesis3▲ 99×1 topic
  27. Placement3▲ 208×1 topic
  28. Reconfigurable Computing3▲ 82×1 topic
  29. Approximate Computing3▲ 97×1 topic
  30. EMI3▲ 106×1 topic
  31. Electromagnetic Compatibility3▲ 106×1 topic
  32. VLSI Circuits3▲ 97×1 topic
  33. Convolutional Networks3▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Optical Modulators3▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Simulation3▲ 7.3×3 topics
  36. Visualization3▲ 32×2 topics
  37. Failure Analysis2▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Fault Localization2▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Generative Adversarial Networks2▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Neuromorphic Computing2▲ 15×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques, 3D IC and TSV technologies, VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing and VLSI and FPGA Design Techniques.

Parallel Computing and O…8Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques: 8 fractional works3D IC and TSV technologies: 4 fractional worksVLSI and Analog Circuit Testing: 3 fractional worksVLSI and FPGA Design Techniques: 3 fractional worksEmbedded Systems Design Techniques: 3 fractional worksLow-power high-performance VLSI design: 3 fractional worksElectromagnetic Compatib…3Electromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression: 3 fractional worksComputer Graphics and Vi…2Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques: 2 fractional worksIntegrated Circuits and …2Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis: 2 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Dev…2Photonic and Optical Devices: 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 Analog Circuit Testing Hardware and Architecture 3 works
  4. 4 VLSI and FPGA Design Techniques Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Embedded Systems Design Techniques Hardware and Architecture 3 works
  6. 6 Low-power high-performance VLSI design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Electromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression 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 Photonic and Optical Devices 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 114% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Advanced Micro Devices (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00058% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Advanced Micro Devices (Canada)0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Advanced Micro Devices (Canada) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Advanced Micro Devices (Canada)15.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.7% in 2014.

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