In this blog article we touch the subject of architectural evaluation methodology. We took the effort to interview some experts and collect opinions from experts on this subject. While...

In the process of writing a short introduction to RISC-V, we compared RISC-V vector code to SIMD. We were struck by the insidiousness of the SIMD instruction extensions of ARM, MIPS, and...

The efficiency of Operating Systems (OSes) has always been in the spotlight of systems researchers, ever since the seminal Dijkstra's THE multiprogramming system in early 60s. But the...

Increasing diversity in the broad field of computing is an ongoing challenge.  Although many people are aware of the "google memo", I don't think many SIGARCH (and adjacent SIG) members...

I have been saying that over-positive PC (OPPC) members’ high scores mess up the paper rankings, the coverage of online discussions (lower-score papers are ignored), and the discussion order at the PC meeting. Previously I had analyzed only the pre-rebuttal score distributions but not the impact on the actual outcomes. Now, I have statistical evidence of the impact.