by Vijay Janapa Reddi on May 6, 2025 | Tags: Industry
The Research Pipeline is Stalling The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) froze all outgoing funding, including new awards and scheduled payments on active grants. Over 1,000 NSF research projects were abruptly canceled in a few days, resulting in roughly $739...
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by Emery Berger and Michael D. Moffitt on May 2, 2025 | Tags: Conferences, Industry track
In late March 2025, computer systems researchers from around the globe descended upon Rotterdam, Netherlands to participate in another edition of ASPLOS. The event was distinguished from previous installments for a number of reasons; the conference is now celebrating...
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by Seunghee Shin on Apr 28, 2025 | Tags: Conferences
Prologue ASPLOS 2025 just wrapped up, and I’m still carrying the energy from an unforgettable week in Rotterdam, Netherlands. With its striking skyline, bold architecture, and dynamic urban design, the city feels like a living symbol of innovation and...
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by Toru Koizumi, Ryota Shioya, Hidetsugu Irie on Apr 2, 2025 | Tags: Architecture, CPU, gpu, ISA Design
CPU cores have become significantly wider over the past decade. Ten years ago, the highest-performance CPUs could decode only up to four instructions simultaneously and execute up to eight instructions. However, top-tier CPUs released in recent years have grown to...
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by Shuwen Deng on Mar 26, 2025 | Tags: Conferences
The 31st IEEE International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA’25) was held from March 1 to 5, 2025 in Las Vegas, USA. Co-located with PPoPP, CGO, and CC as part of the “Parallel Programming, Architecture and Compilation (PARC)” event, HPCA’25...
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by David Patterson on Mar 5, 2025 | Tags: AI accelerator, AI hardware, Carbon emissions, Carbon footprint, Data center
“It’s not that easy bein’ green.” – Kermit the Frog, 1976 We likely just published the first paper to report the carbon footprint of manufacturing AI accelerators. This life-cycle assessment in a real-world setting found that hardware operation emits more...
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