by Ananth Krishna Prasad and Mahdi Nazm Bojnordi on May 7, 2021 | Tags: Accelerators, Emerging Technology, Machine Learning, Optical
In a previous blog post, we summarized some advances in optical computing that enable the implementation of low-energy optical-convolutional layers using phase masks and angle-sensitive pixels. Such approaches also present multiple challenges, such as lack of...
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by Daniel A. Jiménez, Moin Qureshi, Boris Grot, and José Martínez on May 4, 2021 | Tags: Conference, Policy, Reviewing
As with all scientific communities, the field of computer architecture is driven by publications. At the heart of a meaningful scientific publication model is a fair and sound peer-reviewing process. If this process is compromised, some papers might be unfairly...
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by Alexandros Daglis on Apr 27, 2021 | Tags: ASPLOS, Conference, virtual conferences
ASPLOS is the first major conference in our community that was held virtually for a second time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. With a whole year to prepare and adapt to the reality of online conferences, ASPLOS-XXVI lived up to the challenge,...
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by Ashish Venkat on Apr 9, 2021 | Tags: Computer Architecture, Conference, hpca21, virtual conferences
Welcome to the trip report on the 27th Annual (and the first virtual/global online) IEEE Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture! The conference marks one full year of virtual keynotes, panels, talks, and networking, for many of us, since the last...
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by Shaizeen Aga and Nuwan Jayasena on Apr 7, 2021 | Tags: 3D DRAM, HBM, HMC, Memory
Seemingly insatiable application demands for memory bandwidth, coupled with the energy needed to sustain high off-chip bandwidth, are putting increasing demands on main memory systems. In the quest for solutions that provide higher performance and better energy...
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by Nathan Beckmann on Apr 5, 2021 | Tags: Memory, Programmability
Once upon a time, cores and memory ran at similar speeds, and programs could read and write memory directly without complications. The load-store interface was born as a simple way to give programs access to data, and, at this stage in computing history, this...
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by Vijay Janapa Reddi, Greg Diamos, Pete Warden, Peter Mattson, David Kanter on Mar 4, 2021 | Tags: Accelerators, Data Engineering, Machine Learning
The rise of open-source software necessitated a software-engineering revolution (new standards, tools, licenses, etc.) to overcome the problems facing large distributed teams working on enormous code bases. Today, machine learning (ML) builds atop this vibrant and...
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by Rajeev Balasubramonian and Christina Delimitrou on Feb 24, 2021 | Tags: ACM SIGARCH
The past year has certainly been eventful. Hopefully, there were a few “victories” along the way — surprising (and not so surprising) research results, accepted papers/proposals, qualifier defenses, graduations, chip tapeouts, and product releases. No...
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by The SIGARCH Executive Committee on Feb 22, 2021 | Tags: ACM SIGARCH, Policy
On February 8th, 2021, ACM publicly announced a summary of the Joint Investigative Committee’s (JIC’s) investigation into allegations of professional and publications related misconduct in our community. The announcement stated that there were several individuals who...
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by Timothy M. Pinkston on Feb 19, 2021 | Tags: Diversity, Panel
[This article also appears on the IEEE TCCA Blog, the ACM’s Committee for Systematic Change webpage, and the IEEE CS Diversity & Inclusion webpages.] There is a movement occurring broadly across many scientific and engineering fields, including widely within our...
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