Archive of posts tagged: Computer Architecture
A Virtual Interview with John Hennessy and David Patterson
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...
Battle for Secure Caches: Attacks and Defenses on Randomized Caches
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...
HPCA 2021 Trip Report
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...
A Vision of Computer Architecture 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...Subscribe
