Computer Architecture Today

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Remembering Sang Lyul Min

Remembering Sang Lyul Min

Sang Lyul Min, a Professor of CSE at Seoul National University (SNU), passed away on February 24th after bravely fighting pancreatic cancer for over two years. He was a general co-chair of ISCA 2016 held in Seoul, South Korea, and subsequently served on the steering...

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Key-value-stores from the Lens of Shared Memory

Key-value-stores from the Lens of Shared Memory

One of the long-standing debates in computer systems is the shared nothing vs shared memory debate. Should parallel computers provide the illusion of shared memory or should they do away with support for sharing?  The debate has seen a resurgence with the rise of...

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