Research in Computer Architecture

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Faculty  Jean-Loup Baer (Emeritus)  Luis Ceze  Carl Ebeling  Susan Eggers  Hank Levy  Mark Oskin  Larry Snyder

Computer architecture encompasses the structure, organization, implementation, and performance of the basic building blocks of computer systems. Research in computer architecture in the department focuses on the following basic issues: How should we design multicore systems that are easier to program? How do we make computer systems use less energy? How do we make systems more reliable? What will be the structure and organization of future computers? What are the limits to performance on current machines? How do we remove the limits to performance? How do we evaluate the performance of systems? Computer systems architecture at the University of Washington has a history of impact and out-of-the box thinking. The now pervasive simultaneous multithreading was developed hereat UW-CSE. The WaveScalar project has shown that imperative programs can run in a data-flow fashion in a highly scalable architecture. Finally, we have recently shown that it is possible to non-remove inherent non-determinism from now ubiquitous multicore systems and make them more reliable without limiting performance. These technologies have been licensed by UW's TechTransfer, demonstrating impact. Our current research in computer architecture covers a wide range of topics, from the microarchitecture level to the overall system level. Several of these projects are performed in collaboration with researchers in VLSI, Operating Systems, Programming Languages and Compilers. We also have a strong focus on key issues in the Hardware/Software interface of future computers. A sample of research projects is described below. Safe MultiProcessing Architectures (aka SAMPA) Reconfigurable/Adaptable Architectures WaveScalar Quantum Architectures Past Architecture Research

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