OSCAR @ ISCA 2024

3rd Workshop on Open-Source Computer Architecture Research (OSCAR) 2024
Co-located with ISCA 2024
https://oscar-workshop.github.io/

The workshop is aimed at fostering the community of researchers who are interested in developing and sharing open-source hardware and software for the design of next-generation computer architectures. The goal of OSCAR is to bring together a community of researchers from academia, industry and government labs who are interested in open-source computer architectures. The recent past has seen significant progress in this direction, including contributing open-source hardware components, software tools, as well as integration platforms to simplify the realization of system prototypes with FPGA or ASIC technologies. The number of developers and users of these open-source artifacts has increased substantially.

Scope: Topics of interest of the OSCAR workshop include, but are not limited to:

• Open-source processors (CPU, GPU, AI processors…)
• Open-source accelerators (programmable, configurable, fixed-function…)
• Open-source components (e.g., caches, busses, network-on-chip, peripherals, sensors…)
• Software aspects of heterogeneous component integration
• Security, reliability, and verification of open-source architectures and components
• CAD tools and methodologies for design and integration of open-source components
• Full-system simulation of open-source architectures
• Infrastructures specialized for FPGA prototyping or chip designs of open-source architectures
• Design experiences with the use of open-source components, tools, and platforms
• Discussion of case studies, applications that benefit from open-source architecture research

Workshop Format: OSCAR will have a mix of invited talks and presentations selected from the submissions to this call for participation. Abstract should be submitted in PDF format (max 2 pages) and include title, authors, affiliations and e-mail address of the contact author. Submissions of early works and position papers are encouraged. Workshop submissions do not preclude publishing at future conference venues. While no formal proceedings are planned, the OSCAR organizers may seek the realization of a journal special issue collecting a subset of the contributions, after the workshop.

Organizers:

• Pradip Bose (IBM)
• Luca Carloni (Columbia University), chair
• Sophia Shao (UC Berkeley)
• Caroline Trippel (Stanford University)

Important Dates:

• Abstract submissions: April 29, 2024
• Author notification: May 13, 2024
• Workshop date: June 29 or June 30, 2024