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Advanced Micro Devices (United States)

In research, Advanced Micro Devices (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,790 of 10,670 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,876 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hardware and Architecture, Computer Science and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Hardware and Architecture is 134.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,624
of 22,385 · #8,004 all time
Rank in United States
#1,911
of 3,332
Research works
1.9k
▲ 164% vs 2018-21
Citations
28k
15.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
8%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Advanced Micro Devices (United States)

What is Advanced Micro Devices (United States) 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 #3,790 of 10,670 13.1%151 #3290
Computer ScienceField #1,876 of 4,417 14.0%85 #2125

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Advanced Micro Devices (United States) 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 (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 91% of research at Advanced Micro Devices (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (53%), Engineering (31%), Materials Science (2%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 177 fractional works · 91.4% of its workComputer Science: 103 fractional works · 53.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 29 fractional works · 15.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 20 fractional works · 10.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 20 fractional works · 10.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 14 fractional works · 7.4% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSoftware: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 60 fractional works · 31.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 40 fractional works · 20.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 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 workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAdvanced MicroDevices (United…193fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences91%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences5%

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. Computer Science10353.5%
    2. Engineering6031.2%
    3. Materials Science42.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy42.2%
    5. Environmental Science21.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    7. Mathematics10.4%
    8. Energy00.2%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Decision Sciences42.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.3%
    3. Social Sciences10.7%
    4. Psychology10.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Medicine31.6%
    2. Health Professions00.3%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.1%
    2. Neuroscience10.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Advanced Micro Devices (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hardware and Architecture takes 134.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 29.2 works134×
  2. Computer ScienceField · 103.5 works6.9×
  3. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 40.5 works5.9×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 6.88× its world share, 104 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.08× its world share, 60 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.99× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.14× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science6.88×104 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.14×4 works
  3. Engineering2.08×60 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy0.99×4 works
  5. Materials Science0.63×4 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.62×3 works
  7. Dentistry0.36×0 works
  8. Mathematics0.35×1 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.34×1 works
  10. Neuroscience0.24×1 works
  11. Energy0.24×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.21×2 works
  13. Environmental Science0.21×2 works
  14. Psychology0.11×1 works
  15. Health Professions0.10×0 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×1 works
  18. Medicine0.08×3 works
  19. Chemistry0.07×0 works
  20. Social Sciences0.05×1 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Srilatha Manne, Samuel Naffziger and Vilas Sridharan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Advanced Micro Devices (United States).

  1. 1 Srilatha Manne United States · #322,958 worldwide 2.7k citations · 67 works
  2. 2 Samuel Naffziger United States · #381,936 worldwide 3.2k citations · 65 works
  3. 3 Vilas Sridharan United States · #549,897 worldwide 2.1k citations · 58 works
  4. 4 Nuwan Jayasena United States · #562,996 worldwide 2.4k citations · 57 works
  5. 5 Joseph L. Greathouse United States · #904,915 worldwide 1.6k citations · 40 works
  6. 6 William C. Brantley United States · #1,053,443 worldwide 1.1k citations · 20 works
  7. 7 John Wuu United States · #1,395,733 worldwide 510 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Mike Ignatowski United States · #1,664,708 worldwide 717 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Joseph Melber United States · #1,794,861 worldwide 87 citations · 14 works
  10. 10 Mike Bruce United States · #1,873,137 worldwide 832 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Advanced Micro Devices (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Advanced Micro Devices (United States) is "Bispectrum estimation: A digital signal processing framework" (Chrysostomos L. Nikias, Mysore R. Raghuveer, 1987), with 1,381 citations. Next come "Characterization of Frequency Stability" (810) and "OpenMM 4: A Reusable, Extensible, Hardware Independent Library for High Performance Molecular Simulation" (764).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Bispectrum estimation: A digital signal processing framework Chrysostomos L. Nikias, Mysore R. Raghuveer · Proceedings of the IEEE 1987 1,381
2 Characterization of Frequency Stability James A. Barnes, Andrew R. Chi, Leonard S. Cutler et al. · IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement May 1971 810
3 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
4 NWChem: Past, present, and future E. Aprà et al. · The Journal of Chemical Physics Open access114 authors 11 May 2020 710
5 RazorII: In Situ Error Detection and Correction for PVT and SER Tolerance Shidhartha Das, Carlos Tokunaga, Sanjay Pant et al. · IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits 2009 597
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Advanced Micro Devices (United States)?

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

▲ 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 Learning28▲ 4.2×49 topics
  2. Parallel Computing20▲ 87×3 topics
  3. High-Performance Computing19▲ 122×2 topics
  4. Neural Networks16▲ 5.3×17 topics
  5. Machine Learning16▲ 2.4×37 topics
  6. GPU Computing15▲ 199×1 topic
  7. Performance Optimization15▲ 123×1 topic
  8. Distributed Systems11▲ 32×5 topics
  9. FPGA10▲ 131×2 topics
  10. Energy Efficiency9▲ 5.2×10 topics
  11. Big Data8▲ 4.2×10 topics
  12. Resource Management8▲ 23×2 topics
  13. Power Optimization7▲ 133×2 topics
  14. Embedded Systems7▲ 79×2 topics
  15. Cloud Computing6▲ 11×5 topics
  16. Fault Localization6▲ 43×2 topics
  17. High-Level Synthesis6▲ 146×1 topic
  18. Integrated Circuits6▲ 21×3 topics
  19. Reconfigurable Computing6▲ 121×1 topic
  20. Thermal Management6▲ 9.2×5 topics
  21. CMOS Technology6▲ 37×5 topics
  22. Fault Tolerance6▲ 18×5 topics
  23. Embedded Cores5▲ 176×1 topic
  24. Test Data Compression5▲ 176×1 topic
  25. Unsupervised Learning5▲ 17×3 topics
  26. System Integration5▲ 132×2 topics
  27. Interconnect5▲ 147×1 topic
  28. Simulation5▲ 9.4×2 topics
  29. Through-Silicon Via5▲ 147×1 topic
  30. Virtualization5▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Workflow Management5▲ 33×2 topics
  32. Failure Analysis5▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Process Variation4▲ 39×2 topics
  34. Visualization4▲ 40×2 topics
  35. Grid Computing4▲ 69×1 topic
  36. Task Scheduling4▲ 69×1 topic
  37. Computer Graphics4▲ 84×1 topic
  38. Rendering4▲ 84×1 topic
  39. Distributed Storage4▲ 79×1 topic
  40. Network Coding4▲ 47×1 topic

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

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

Parallel Computing and O…15Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques: 15 fractional worksEmbedded Systems Design Techniques: 6 fractional worksVLSI and Analog Circuit Testing: 5 fractional works3D IC and TSV technologies: 5 fractional worksDistributed and Parallel Computing Systems: 4 fractional worksComputer Graphics and Visualization Techniques: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Data Storage Te…4Advanced Data Storage Technologies: 4 fractional worksVLSI and FPGA Design Techniques: 4 fractional worksIntegrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis: 4 fractional worksIndustrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection: 4 fractional works
Hardware and ArchitectureElectrical and Electronic EngineeringComputer Networks and CommunicationsComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design1 others

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

  1. 1 Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques Hardware and Architecture 15 works
  2. 2 Embedded Systems Design Techniques Hardware and Architecture 6 works
  3. 3 VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing Hardware and Architecture 5 works
  4. 4 3D IC and TSV technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  5. 5 Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems Computer Networks and Communications 4 works
  6. 6 Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 4 works
  7. 7 Advanced Data Storage Technologies Computer Networks and Communications 4 works
  8. 8 VLSI and FPGA Design Techniques Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 4 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 available8.5%not open91.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.4%domestic only80.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 164% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00086% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Advanced Micro Devices (United States)0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Advanced Micro Devices (United States) 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 (United States)12.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.9% in 2015.

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