by Yungang Bao on Sep 15, 2022 | Tags: Computer Architecture, david patterson, Interview, john hennessy, turing award
Prof. John Hennessy and Prof. David Patterson received the 2017 ACM A.M. Turing Award for “pioneering a systematic, quantitative approach to the design and evaluation of computer architectures with enduring impact on the microprocessor industry”. I used to read many...
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by Gururaj Saileshwar on Sep 15, 2021 | Tags: Cache, Computer Architecture, Randomization, Security
There is a battle ongoing in the realm of secure caches. Cache side-channels are a serious security problem as they allow an attacker to monitor a victim program’s execution and leak sensitive data like encryption keys, confidential IP, etc. A potent class of such...
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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 Mark D. Hill on May 26, 2020 | Tags: Computer Architecture, Policy, Visioning
TL;DR: This post reviews some successful visioning in computer architecture and related fields. It argues why visioning is necessary for our field to flourish and discusses how the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) has facilitated some of this. Visioning is...
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