Synthesis Lectures on Computer Architecture
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Editor
Mark D. Hill, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Synthesis Lectures on Computer Architecture publishes 50- to 100-page publications on topics pertaining to the science and art of designing, analyzing, selecting and interconnecting hardwarecomponents to create computers that meet functional, performance and cost goals. The scope will largely follow the purview of premier computer architecture conferences, such as ISCA, HPCA, MICRO, and ASPLOS.
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The Memory System: You Can't Avoid It, You Can't Ignore It, You Can't Fake It  2009 Abstract
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| PDF Plus (1335 KB) Chip Multiprocessor Architecture: Techniques to Improve Throughput and Latency , Lance Hammond, James Laudon2007 Abstract
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Lectures under development
Design Variability
David Brooks and Gu-Yeon Wei
Harvard University
A Foundation for Transforming Programs for Parallel Execution
David A. Padua
University of Illinois
Introduction to Reconfigurable Supercomputing
Marco Lanzagorta, Stephen Bique, and Robert Rosenberg
ITT Industries (Lanzagorta) and Naval Research Labs
Multi-Core Cache Hierarchies
Rajeev Balasubramonian and Norman Jouppi
University of Utah and HP Labs
Processor Microarchitecture
Antonio Gonzalez, Fernando Latorre, Grigorios Magklis
Intel
TRIPS Architecture
Douglas Burger, Stephen W. Keckler, Kathryn McKinley, and Karu Sankaralingam
University of Texas, Austin and University of Wisconsin (Sankaralingam)
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