Computer Architecture Today

Informing the broad computing community about current activities, advances and future directions in computer architecture.
Serving on Conference Program Committees

Serving on Conference Program Committees

Good news: The computer architecture community is growing!  Submissions to major conferences have increased substantially in recent years, including just under 500 submissions to MICRO 2024.  This growth reflects the vibrancy in our field, continued expansion of what...

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Designing Computer Systems for Sustainability

Designing Computer Systems for Sustainability

Digital technologies have enabled a plethora of new applications that have unlocked significant economic growth and improved the quality of many aspects of our lives. Despite the positive societal benefits, as computing becomes increasingly ubiquitous, so does its...

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What’s New in gem5

What’s New in gem5

It’s been almost 5 years since the last post on the SIGARCH blog about gem5. In that post, we talked about improving community outreach, providing a simpler interface to get started with gem5, and adding support for full machine learning stacks. I’m excited to say...

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Remembering Arvind

Remembering Arvind

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ISCA 2024 Trip Report – Buenos Aires

ISCA 2024 Trip Report – Buenos Aires

ISCA 2024 that recently concluded in Buenos Aires was a historic event. For the first time in its 50+ years of existence, ISCA was organized in Latin America. The conference organizers, led by general chairs (GCs) Augusto Vega and Esteban Mocskos, worked diligently to...

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Co-Design of Hybrid Quantum-Classical Applications in Multimodal Cancer Research

Co-Design of Hybrid Quantum-Classical Applications in Multimodal Cancer Research

Quantum hardware has made significant advances in the last few years, but finding compelling applications with practical quantum advantage has been challenging.  In today’s article, we argue that real applications will be a hybrid combination of quantum and classical...

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