[RetroBytes] nicely presents the curious history of the SPARC processor architecture. SPARC, short for Scalable Processor Architecture, defined some of the most commercially successful RISC processors ...

Data prefetching has emerged as a critical approach to mitigate the performance bottlenecks imposed by memory access latencies in modern computer architectures. By predicting the data likely to be ...

The architecture of computer systems is all-important. To misquote the late Vince Lombardi, legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers, "Architecture isn't everything, it's the only thing." Or to twist ...

“Energy efficiency of electronic digital processors is primarily limited by the energy consumption of electronic communication and interconnects. The industry is almost unanimously pushing towards ...

ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today announced that Mark Horowitz, a Professor at Stanford University, is the recipient of the ACM - IEEE CS Eckert-Mauchly Award for contributions to ...

I was wondering if anyone could give their thoughts on the books <I>Computer Organization and Design</I> by David Patterson and John Hennessy and <I>Computer Architecture</I> by John ...

The IT industry loves seismic shifts in technology architectures. In the 1990s, there was object-oriented programming. Later, service-oriented architecture and enterprise service bus built on these ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul-Smith Goodson is an analyst covering quantum computing and AI. IonQ beat its technology roadmap projection by more than a ...

A new technical paper titled “Augmenting Von Neumann’s Architecture for an Intelligent Future” was published by researchers at TU Munich and Pace University. “This work presents a novel computer ...

A common refrain in the tech industry is that artificial intelligence (AI) needs fast storage. While true, speed is not the only consideration when supporting the growing number of AI workloads, ...

The Software Architecture for Big Data specialization includes a three-course pathway to earn admission to the Online MS in Computer Science (MS-CS). You may complete the three courses below as a ...