ACM Queue - Computer Architecture

Mentions of the buzzword heterogeneous computing have been on the rise in the past few years and will continue to be heard for years to come, because heterogeneous computing is here to stay. What...

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There is an increasing trend in computer architecture to categorize processors and accelerators as "general purpose." Of the papers published at this year's International Symposium on Computer Ar...

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A Google search for "Threads are evil" generates 18,000 hits, but threads are ubiquitous. Almost all of the processes running on a modern Windows PC use them. Software threads are typically how p...

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From the programmer's perspective the distinction between hardware and software is being blurred. As programmers struggle to meet the performance requirements of today's systems, they will face a...

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DISCIPLINE AND FOCUS - TRANSCRIPT TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH WERNER VOGELS, CTO OF AMAZON. MICHAEL VIZARD: Hello, and welcome to ACM Queuecasts. I'm your host, Mike Vizard, and joining me tod...

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It looks like today is finally the day that we all knew was coming. It was only a matter of time. An ambulance has just pulled up to haul away Marty the Software Manager after his boss pummeled h...

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As authors of the seminal textbook, 'Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach', John Hennessy and David Patterson probably don't need an introduction. You've probably read them in college o...

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ON PLUG-INS AND EXTENSIBLE ARCHITECTURES EXTENSIBLE APPLICATION ARCHITECTURES SUCH AS ECLIPSE OFFER MANY ADVANTAGES, BUT ONE MUST BE CAREFUL TO AVOID “PLUG-IN HELL.” DORIAN BIRSAN, ECLIPS...

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