Computer Architecture Podcast https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com A show that brings you closer to the cutting edge in computer architecture and the remarkable people behind it. Hosted by Dr. Suvinay Subramanian, who is a computer architect at Google in the Systems Infrastructure group, working on designing Google’s machine learning accelerators (TPU), and Dr. Lisa Hsu who is semi-retired and works part-time in Reality Labs Research at Meta on optics and display technologies for AR.

]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:06:49 -0700 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en us Copyright 2020 All rights reserved. Technology 1440 episodic A show that brings you closer to the cutting edge in computer architecture and the remarkable people behind it. comparchpodcast comparchpodcast comparch.podcast@gmail.com No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8578213/comparch-podcast-rescaled.jpg Computer Architecture Podcast https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com 144 144 Ep 23: Cross-stack Design and Tooling for Large-scale Distributed AI Systems with Dr. Tushar Krishna, Georgia Tech Ep 23: Cross-stack Design and Tooling for Large-scale Distributed AI Systems with Dr. Tushar Krishna, Georgia Tech https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-23-cross-stack-design-and-tooling-for-large-scale-distributed-ai-systems-with-dr-tushar-krishna-georgia-tech/ https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-23-cross-stack-design-and-tooling-for-large-scale-distributed-ai-systems-with-dr-tushar-krishna-georgia-tech/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:06:49 -0700 comparchpodcast.podbean.com/5ae42e9b-a5a8-3aaf-a282-81d29aa6ef7d Dr. Tushar Krishna is an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech, who holds a Ph.D. from MIT. Tushar’s work shapes how the computing community designs modern large-scale distributed AI systems--spanning specialized accelerators, memory hierarchies, and communication fabrics--and driving design-space exploration with pioneering tools like ASTRA-sim, Chakra, and Garnet. A member of the ISCA, MICRO, and HPCA Halls of Fame, his impactful research has garnered over 21,000 citations and the 2025 DAC "Under 40 Innovators Award." He also actively shapes future AI computing standards as the Co-director of Georgia Tech's CRNCH and co-chair of the MLCommons Chakra Working Group.

]]> Dr. Tushar Krishna is an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech, who holds a Ph.D. from MIT. Tushar’s work shapes how the computing community designs modern large-scale distributed AI systems--spanning specialized accelerators, memory hierarchies, and communication fabrics--and driving design-space exploration with pioneering tools like ASTRA-sim, Chakra, and Garnet. A member of the ISCA, MICRO, and HPCA Halls of Fame, his impactful research has garnered over 21,000 citations and the 2025 DAC "Under 40 Innovators Award." He also actively shapes future AI computing standards as the Co-director of Georgia Tech's CRNCH and co-chair of the MLCommons Chakra Working Group.

]]> comparchpodcast false No 4136 23 full Ep 22: Measuring Datacenter Efficiency and Visioning the Future of Computer Architecture with Dr. Babak Falsafi, EPFL Ep 22: Measuring Datacenter Efficiency and Visioning the Future of Computer Architecture with Dr. Babak Falsafi, EPFL https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-22-measuring-datacenter-efficiency-and-visioning-the-future-of-computer-architecture-with-dr-babak-falsafi-epfl/ https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-22-measuring-datacenter-efficiency-and-visioning-the-future-of-computer-architecture-with-dr-babak-falsafi-epfl/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:40:22 -0800 comparchpodcast.podbean.com/36a94b38-3c2c-3956-91ab-7d5ee382ad90 Dr. Babak Falsafi is a Professor at EPFL, the founding president of the Swiss Data Center Efficiency Association, and the founder of EcoCloud, an academic consortium focused on sustainable IT. His contributions to computer architecture include the invention of spatial and temporal memory streaming (SMS prefetchers) found in ARM cores and laying the groundwork for fence speculation by defining memory ordering requirements in modern CPUs. He is a key figure in cloud-native server design, with his work forming the foundation for the first-generation Cavium ARM server CPUs. He is a former chair of the SIGARCH Executive Committee, a recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship and a Fellow of both the ACM and IEEE.

]]> Dr. Babak Falsafi is a Professor at EPFL, the founding president of the Swiss Data Center Efficiency Association, and the founder of EcoCloud, an academic consortium focused on sustainable IT. His contributions to computer architecture include the invention of spatial and temporal memory streaming (SMS prefetchers) found in ARM cores and laying the groundwork for fence speculation by defining memory ordering requirements in modern CPUs. He is a key figure in cloud-native server design, with his work forming the foundation for the first-generation Cavium ARM server CPUs. He is a former chair of the SIGARCH Executive Committee, a recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship and a Fellow of both the ACM and IEEE.

]]> comparchpodcast false No 3800 22 full Ep 21: High-assurance Computer Architectures with Dr. Caroline Trippel, Stanford University Ep 21: High-assurance Computer Architectures with Dr. Caroline Trippel, Stanford University https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-21-high-assurance-computer-architectures-with-dr-caroline-trippel-stanford-university/ https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-21-high-assurance-computer-architectures-with-dr-caroline-trippel-stanford-university/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2025 20:18:57 -0700 comparchpodcast.podbean.com/91ab1f15-687d-3a56-bc17-aa7e71363a71 Dr. Caroline Trippel is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Departments at Stanford University. Caroline's research operates at the critical intersection of hardware and software, focusing on developing high-assurance computer architectures. Her work tackles the challenge of ensuring that complex hardware designs are correct and secure. She has pioneered automated tools that bridge the gap between a processor's implementation (its RTL) and its formal specification, as well as frameworks and compilers that find and mitigate hardware-related security vulnerabilities in software.

]]> Dr. Caroline Trippel is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Departments at Stanford University. Caroline's research operates at the critical intersection of hardware and software, focusing on developing high-assurance computer architectures. Her work tackles the challenge of ensuring that complex hardware designs are correct and secure. She has pioneered automated tools that bridge the gap between a processor's implementation (its RTL) and its formal specification, as well as frameworks and compilers that find and mitigate hardware-related security vulnerabilities in software.

]]> comparchpodcast false No 3661 21 full Ep 20: The Tech Transfer Playbook – Bridging Research to Production with Dr. Ricardo Bianchini, Microsoft Ep 20: The Tech Transfer Playbook – Bridging Research to Production with Dr. Ricardo Bianchini, Microsoft https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-20-the-tech-transfer-playbook-bridging-research-to-production-with-dr-ricardo-bianchini-microsoft/ https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-20-the-tech-transfer-playbook-bridging-research-to-production-with-dr-ricardo-bianchini-microsoft/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2025 23:26:25 -0700 comparchpodcast.podbean.com/5e88326f-7ef9-3756-98b7-23c8577c51f5 Dr. Ricardo Bianchini is a Technical Fellow and Corporate Vice President at Microsoft Azure, where he leads the team responsible for managing Azure’s compute workload, server capacity, and datacenter infrastructure with a strong focus on efficiency and sustainability.  Before joining Azure, Ricardo led the Systems Research Group and the Cloud Efficiency team at Microsoft Research (MSR). He created research projects in power efficiency and intelligent resource management that resulted in large-scale production systems across Microsoft. Prior to Microsoft, he was a Professor at Rutgers University, where he conducted research in datacenter power and energy management, cluster-based systems, and other cloud-related topics. Ricardo is a Fellow of both the ACM and IEEE.

]]> Dr. Ricardo Bianchini is a Technical Fellow and Corporate Vice President at Microsoft Azure, where he leads the team responsible for managing Azure’s compute workload, server capacity, and datacenter infrastructure with a strong focus on efficiency and sustainability.  Before joining Azure, Ricardo led the Systems Research Group and the Cloud Efficiency team at Microsoft Research (MSR). He created research projects in power efficiency and intelligent resource management that resulted in large-scale production systems across Microsoft. Prior to Microsoft, he was a Professor at Rutgers University, where he conducted research in datacenter power and energy management, cluster-based systems, and other cloud-related topics. Ricardo is a Fellow of both the ACM and IEEE.

]]> comparchpodcast false No 4054 20 full Ep 19: Memory Management and Software Reliability with Dr. Arkaprava Basu, Indian Institute of Science Ep 19: Memory Management and Software Reliability with Dr. Arkaprava Basu, Indian Institute of Science https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-19arkaprava-basu-pushing-theboundaries-ofmemory-management-and-softwarereliability-inbothcpusandgpuswithdr-arkaprava-basuindian-institute-ofscience/ https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-19arkaprava-basu-pushing-theboundaries-ofmemory-management-and-softwarereliability-inbothcpusandgpuswithdr-arkaprava-basuindian-institute-ofscience/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2025 06:24:09 -0700 comparchpodcast.podbean.com/99e94091-c356-390e-84c3-6c5e59feb9d8 Dr. Arkaprava Basu is an Associate Professor at the Indian Institute of Science, where he mentors students in the Computer Systems Lab. Arka's research focuses on pushing the boundaries of memory management and software reliability for both CPUs and GPUs. His work spans diverse areas, from optimizing memory systems for chiplet-based GPUs to developing innovative techniques to eliminate synchronization bottlenecks in GPU programs. He is also a recipient of the Intel Rising Star Faculty Award, ACM India Early Career Award,  and multiple other accolades, recognizing his innovative approaches to enhancing GPU performance, programmability, and reliability.

]]> Dr. Arkaprava Basu is an Associate Professor at the Indian Institute of Science, where he mentors students in the Computer Systems Lab. Arka's research focuses on pushing the boundaries of memory management and software reliability for both CPUs and GPUs. His work spans diverse areas, from optimizing memory systems for chiplet-based GPUs to developing innovative techniques to eliminate synchronization bottlenecks in GPU programs. He is also a recipient of the Intel Rising Star Faculty Award, ACM India Early Career Award,  and multiple other accolades, recognizing his innovative approaches to enhancing GPU performance, programmability, and reliability.

]]> comparchpodcast false No 4084 19 full Ep 18: Codesign for Industrial Robotics and the Startup Pivot with Dr. Dan Sorin, Duke University Ep 18: Codesign for Industrial Robotics and the Startup Pivot with Dr. Dan Sorin, Duke University https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-18-codesign-for-industrial-robotics-and-the-startup-pivot-with-dr-dan-sorin-duke-university/ https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-18-codesign-for-industrial-robotics-and-the-startup-pivot-with-dr-dan-sorin-duke-university/#comments Tue, 17 Dec 2024 08:46:30 -0800 comparchpodcast.podbean.com/f7a8bef3-f244-31aa-875f-54894a9d56f4 Dr. Dan Sorin is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University, and a co-founder of Realtime Robotics. Dan is widely known for his pioneering work in memory systems. He has co-authored the seminal Primer on Memory Consistency and Cache Coherence, which has become a foundational resource for students and researchers alike. Dan’s contributions span from developing resilient systems that tolerate hardware faults to innovations in cache coherence protocols, and has been recognized by multiple best paper awards and patents. His work at Realtime Robotics has pushed the boundaries of autonomous motion planning, enabling real-time decision-making in dynamic environments.

]]> Dr. Dan Sorin is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University, and a co-founder of Realtime Robotics. Dan is widely known for his pioneering work in memory systems. He has co-authored the seminal Primer on Memory Consistency and Cache Coherence, which has become a foundational resource for students and researchers alike. Dan’s contributions span from developing resilient systems that tolerate hardware faults to innovations in cache coherence protocols, and has been recognized by multiple best paper awards and patents. His work at Realtime Robotics has pushed the boundaries of autonomous motion planning, enabling real-time decision-making in dynamic environments.

]]> comparchpodcast false No 3245 18 full Ep 17: Architecture 2.0 and AI for Computer Systems Design with Dr. Vijay Janapa Reddi, Harvard University Ep 17: Architecture 2.0 and AI for Computer Systems Design with Dr. Vijay Janapa Reddi, Harvard University https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-17-architecture-20-and-ai-for-computer-systems-design-with-dr-vijay-janapa-reddi/ https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-17-architecture-20-and-ai-for-computer-systems-design-with-dr-vijay-janapa-reddi/#comments Tue, 03 Sep 2024 08:18:58 -0700 comparchpodcast.podbean.com/61b802de-b3cb-3ade-aebd-4a19cf31603e Dr. Vijay Janapa Reddi is an Associate Professor at Harvard University, and Vice President and Co-founder of MLCommons. He has made substantial contributions to mobile and edge computing systems, and played a key role in developing the MLPerf Benchmarks. Vijay has authored the machine learning systems book mlsysbook.ai, as part of his twin passions of education and outreach. He received the IEEE TCCA Young Computer Architect Award in 2016, has been inducted in the MICRO and HPCA Halls of Fame, and is a recipient of multiple best paper awards. 

]]> Dr. Vijay Janapa Reddi is an Associate Professor at Harvard University, and Vice President and Co-founder of MLCommons. He has made substantial contributions to mobile and edge computing systems, and played a key role in developing the MLPerf Benchmarks. Vijay has authored the machine learning systems book mlsysbook.ai, as part of his twin passions of education and outreach. He received the IEEE TCCA Young Computer Architect Award in 2016, has been inducted in the MICRO and HPCA Halls of Fame, and is a recipient of multiple best paper awards. 

]]> comparchpodcast false No 3574 17 full Ep 16: Sustainability in a Post-AI World with Dr. Carole-Jean Wu, Meta Ep 16: Sustainability in a Post-AI World with Dr. Carole-Jean Wu, Meta https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-16-sustainability-in-a-post-ai-world-with-dr-carole-jean-wu-meta/ https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-16-sustainability-in-a-post-ai-world-with-dr-carole-jean-wu-meta/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2024 09:18:56 -0700 comparchpodcast.podbean.com/0781fa10-c532-377f-87f9-3cf8431f7cf1 Dr. Carole-Jean Wu is a Director of AI Research at Meta. She is a founding member and a Vice President of MLCommons – a non-profit organization that aims to accelerate machine learning innovations for the benefits of all. Dr. Wu also serves on the MLCommons Board as a Director, chaired the MLPerf Recommendation Benchmark Advisory Board, and co-chaired for MLPerf Inference. Prior to Meta/Facebook, Dr. Wu was a professor at ASU. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University and a B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University.  Dr. Wu’s expertise sits at the intersection of computer architecture and machine learning. Her work spans across datacenter infrastructures and edge systems, such as developing energy- and memory-efficient systems and microarchitectures, optimizing systems for machine learning execution at-scale, and designing learning-based approaches for system design and optimization. She is passionate about pathfinding and tackling system challenges to enable efficient and responsible AI technologies.

]]> Dr. Carole-Jean Wu is a Director of AI Research at Meta. She is a founding member and a Vice President of MLCommons – a non-profit organization that aims to accelerate machine learning innovations for the benefits of all. Dr. Wu also serves on the MLCommons Board as a Director, chaired the MLPerf Recommendation Benchmark Advisory Board, and co-chaired for MLPerf Inference. Prior to Meta/Facebook, Dr. Wu was a professor at ASU. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University and a B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University.  Dr. Wu’s expertise sits at the intersection of computer architecture and machine learning. Her work spans across datacenter infrastructures and edge systems, such as developing energy- and memory-efficient systems and microarchitectures, optimizing systems for machine learning execution at-scale, and designing learning-based approaches for system design and optimization. She is passionate about pathfinding and tackling system challenges to enable efficient and responsible AI technologies.

]]> comparchpodcast false No 4016 16 full Ep 15: The Hardware Startup Experience from Business Case to Software with Dr. Karu Sankaralingam, University of Wisconsin-Madison/Nvidia Ep 15: The Hardware Startup Experience from Business Case to Software with Dr. Karu Sankaralingam, University of Wisconsin-Madison/Nvidia https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-15-the-hardware-startup-experience-from-business-case-to-software-with-dr-karu-sankaralingam/ https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-15-the-hardware-startup-experience-from-business-case-to-software-with-dr-karu-sankaralingam/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2024 06:36:52 -0700 comparchpodcast.podbean.com/2864751b-09a8-33b4-8d22-d4f73804682c Dr. Karu Sankaralingam is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an entrepeneur, inventor, as well as a Principal Research Scientist at NVIDIA.  His work has been featured in industry forums of Mentor and Synopsys, and has been covered by the New York Times, Wired, and IEEE Spectrum. He founded the hardware startup SimpleMachines in 2017 which developed chip designs applying dataflow computing to push the limits of AI generality in hardware and built the Mozart chip. In his career, he has led three chip projects: Mozart (16nm, HBM2 based design), MIAOW open source GPU on FPGA, and the TRIPS chip as a student during his PhD. In his research he has pioneered the principles of dataflow computing, focusing on the role of architecture, microarchitecture and the compiler. He has published over 100 research papers, has graduated 9 PhD students, is an inventor on 21 patents, and 9 award papers. He is a Fellow of IEEE.

]]> Dr. Karu Sankaralingam is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an entrepeneur, inventor, as well as a Principal Research Scientist at NVIDIA.  His work has been featured in industry forums of Mentor and Synopsys, and has been covered by the New York Times, Wired, and IEEE Spectrum. He founded the hardware startup SimpleMachines in 2017 which developed chip designs applying dataflow computing to push the limits of AI generality in hardware and built the Mozart chip. In his career, he has led three chip projects: Mozart (16nm, HBM2 based design), MIAOW open source GPU on FPGA, and the TRIPS chip as a student during his PhD. In his research he has pioneered the principles of dataflow computing, focusing on the role of architecture, microarchitecture and the compiler. He has published over 100 research papers, has graduated 9 PhD students, is an inventor on 21 patents, and 9 award papers. He is a Fellow of IEEE.

]]> comparchpodcast false No 3809 15 full Ep 14: System Design for Exascale Computing and Advanced Memory Technologies with Dr. Gabriel Loh, AMD Ep 14: System Design for Exascale Computing and Advanced Memory Technologies with Dr. Gabriel Loh, AMD https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-14-system-design-for-exascale-computing-and-advanced-memory-technologies-with-dr-gabriel-loh-amd/ https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-14-system-design-for-exascale-computing-and-advanced-memory-technologies-with-dr-gabriel-loh-amd/#comments Wed, 06 Dec 2023 07:32:36 -0800 comparchpodcast.podbean.com/96205693-71e9-37cc-af01-0d0c3a657f16 Dr. Gabriel Loh is a Senior Fellow at AMD Research and Advanced Development. Gabe is known for his contributions to 3D die-stacked architectures, memory organization and caching techniques, and chiplet multicore architectures. His ideas have influenced multiple commercial products and industry standards. He is a recipient of ACM SIGARCH's Maurice Wilkes Award, is a Hall of Fame member for MICRO, HPCA, ISCA, and a recipient of the NSF CAREER award.

]]> Dr. Gabriel Loh is a Senior Fellow at AMD Research and Advanced Development. Gabe is known for his contributions to 3D die-stacked architectures, memory organization and caching techniques, and chiplet multicore architectures. His ideas have influenced multiple commercial products and industry standards. He is a recipient of ACM SIGARCH's Maurice Wilkes Award, is a Hall of Fame member for MICRO, HPCA, ISCA, and a recipient of the NSF CAREER award.

]]> comparchpodcast false No 3902 14 full Ep 13: Energy-efficient Algorithm-hardware Co-design with Dr. Vivienne Sze, MIT Ep 13: Energy-efficient Algorithm-hardware Co-design with Dr. Vivienne Sze, MIT https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-13-energy-efficient-algorithm-hardware-co-design-with-dr-vivienne-sze-mit/ https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-13-energy-efficient-algorithm-hardware-co-design-with-dr-vivienne-sze-mit/#comments Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:04:45 -0700 comparchpodcast.podbean.com/9520b531-d2ee-3df6-b602-3381aea1a7c0 Dr. Vivienne Sze is an associate professor in the EECS department at MIT. Vivienne is recognized for her leading work on energy-efficient computing systems spanning a wide range of domains: from video compression, to machine learning, robotics and digital health. She received the DARPA Young Faculty Award, Edgerton Faculty Award, faculty grants from Google, Facebook and Qualcomm, and a Primetime Engineering Emmy as a member of the team that developed the High-Efficiency Video Coding standard.

]]> Dr. Vivienne Sze is an associate professor in the EECS department at MIT. Vivienne is recognized for her leading work on energy-efficient computing systems spanning a wide range of domains: from video compression, to machine learning, robotics and digital health. She received the DARPA Young Faculty Award, Edgerton Faculty Award, faculty grants from Google, Facebook and Qualcomm, and a Primetime Engineering Emmy as a member of the team that developed the High-Efficiency Video Coding standard.

]]> comparchpodcast false No 3485 13 full Ep 12: 50th Anniversary of SIGARCH Special Episode with Dr. David Patterson, Dr. Norm Jouppi and Dr. Natalie Enright-Jerger Ep 12: 50th Anniversary of SIGARCH Special Episode with Dr. David Patterson, Dr. Norm Jouppi and Dr. Natalie Enright-Jerger https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-12-50th-anniversary-of-isca-special-episode-with-dr-david-patterson-dr-norm-jouppi-and-dr-natalie-enright-jerger/ https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-12-50th-anniversary-of-isca-special-episode-with-dr-david-patterson-dr-norm-jouppi-and-dr-natalie-enright-jerger/#comments Sat, 10 Jun 2023 14:17:52 -0700 comparchpodcast.podbean.com/37d397db-ad8f-30db-9615-a036a9df6f5d This is a special episode to commemorate the 50th anniversary of SIGARCH. We have three leaders from our community who have served as SIGARCH chairs -- Dr. David Patterson, Dr. Norm Jouppi and Dr. Natalie Entright-Jerger -- reflect on the evolution of the computer architecture field as well as our community over half a century, and share their perspectives on opportunities and exciting times ahead.

David Patterson is a professor emeritus at ​​UC Berkeley, a distinguished engineer at Google, and recipient of the Turing Award. Norm Jouppi, a VP and Engineering Fellow at Google, where he is the chief architect for Google's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), and a recipient of the Eckert-Mauchly award. Natalie Enright-Jerger is a professor at the University of Toronto, where she is the Canada Research Chair in Computer Architecture, and is a recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, and distinguished member of ACM and IEEE.

]]> This is a special episode to commemorate the 50th anniversary of SIGARCH. We have three leaders from our community who have served as SIGARCH chairs -- Dr. David Patterson, Dr. Norm Jouppi and Dr. Natalie Entright-Jerger -- reflect on the evolution of the computer architecture field as well as our community over half a century, and share their perspectives on opportunities and exciting times ahead.

David Patterson is a professor emeritus at ​​UC Berkeley, a distinguished engineer at Google, and recipient of the Turing Award. Norm Jouppi, a VP and Engineering Fellow at Google, where he is the chief architect for Google's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), and a recipient of the Eckert-Mauchly award. Natalie Enright-Jerger is a professor at the University of Toronto, where she is the Canada Research Chair in Computer Architecture, and is a recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, and distinguished member of ACM and IEEE.

]]> comparchpodcast false No 3766 12 full Ep 11: Future of AI Computing and How to Build & Nurture Hardware Teams with Jim Keller, Tenstorrent Ep 11: Future of AI Computing and How to Build & Nurture Hardware Teams with Jim Keller, Tenstorrent https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-11-future-of-ai-computing-and-how-to-build-nurture-hardware-teams%c2%a0with-jim-keller-tenstorrent/ https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-11-future-of-ai-computing-and-how-to-build-nurture-hardware-teams%c2%a0with-jim-keller-tenstorrent/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2023 22:41:01 -0800 comparchpodcast.podbean.com/f26e752f-a6a5-3c58-8972-c97d2be5319d Jim Keller is the CTO of Tenstorrent, and a veteran computer architect. Prior to Tenstorrent, he has held roles of Senior Vice President at Intel, Vice President of Autopilot at Tesla, Vice President and Chief Architect at AMD, and at PA Semi which was acquired by Apple. Jim has led multiple successful silicon designs over the decades, from the DEC Alpha processors, to AMD K7/K8/K12, HyperTransport and the AMD Zen family, the Apple A4/A5 processors, and Telsa's self-driving car chip.

]]> Jim Keller is the CTO of Tenstorrent, and a veteran computer architect. Prior to Tenstorrent, he has held roles of Senior Vice President at Intel, Vice President of Autopilot at Tesla, Vice President and Chief Architect at AMD, and at PA Semi which was acquired by Apple. Jim has led multiple successful silicon designs over the decades, from the DEC Alpha processors, to AMD K7/K8/K12, HyperTransport and the AMD Zen family, the Apple A4/A5 processors, and Telsa's self-driving car chip.

]]> comparchpodcast false No 4941 11 full Ep 10: Physically-constrained Computing Systems with Dr. Brandon Lucia, Carnegie Mellon University Ep 10: Physically-constrained Computing Systems with Dr. Brandon Lucia, Carnegie Mellon University https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-10-physically-constrained-computing-systems-with-dr-brandon-lucia-carnegie-mellon-university/ https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-10-physically-constrained-computing-systems-with-dr-brandon-lucia-carnegie-mellon-university/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2022 19:04:30 -0800 comparchpodcast.podbean.com/a65904b9-0ea2-3286-8775-b9e7f330157d Dr. Brandon Lucia is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Prof. Lucia has made significant contributions to enabling capable and reliable intermittent computing systems, developing techniques that span the hardware-software stack from novel microarchitectures, to programming models and tools. He is a recipient of the IEEE TCCA Young Computer Architect Award, the Sloan Research Fellowship, and several best paper awards.

]]> Dr. Brandon Lucia is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Prof. Lucia has made significant contributions to enabling capable and reliable intermittent computing systems, developing techniques that span the hardware-software stack from novel microarchitectures, to programming models and tools. He is a recipient of the IEEE TCCA Young Computer Architect Award, the Sloan Research Fellowship, and several best paper awards.

]]> comparchpodcast false No 3975 10 full Ep 9: Hyperscale Cloud and Agile Hardware Design in China with Dr. Yungang Bao, Institute of Computing Technology Ep 9: Hyperscale Cloud and Agile Hardware Design in China with Dr. Yungang Bao, Institute of Computing Technology https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-9-hyperscale-cloud-and-agile-hardware-design-in-china/ https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-9-hyperscale-cloud-and-agile-hardware-design-in-china/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2022 17:21:46 -0700 comparchpodcast.podbean.com/fcc4ee01-ce67-3093-a0c4-84889836fb25 Dr. Yungang Bao is a professor at the Institute of Computing Technology (ICT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the deputy director of ICT-CAS. Prof. Bao founded the China RISC-V Alliance (CRVA) and serves as the secretary-general of CRVA. His research interests include open-source hardware and agile chip design, datacenter architecture and memory systems. Prof. Bao’s contributions include developing the PARSEC 3.0 benchmark suite which has been adopted by leading industry players in China (like Alibaba and Huawei), the labeled von Neumann paradigm to enable a software-defined cloud, Hybrid Memory Trace Tool (HMTT), and Partition-Based DMA Cache. He was awarded the CCF-Intel Young Faculty Award, was the winner of CCF-IEEE CS Young Computer Scientist Award, and received China’s National Honor for Youth under 40.

]]> Dr. Yungang Bao is a professor at the Institute of Computing Technology (ICT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the deputy director of ICT-CAS. Prof. Bao founded the China RISC-V Alliance (CRVA) and serves as the secretary-general of CRVA. His research interests include open-source hardware and agile chip design, datacenter architecture and memory systems. Prof. Bao’s contributions include developing the PARSEC 3.0 benchmark suite which has been adopted by leading industry players in China (like Alibaba and Huawei), the labeled von Neumann paradigm to enable a software-defined cloud, Hybrid Memory Trace Tool (HMTT), and Partition-Based DMA Cache. He was awarded the CCF-Intel Young Faculty Award, was the winner of CCF-IEEE CS Young Computer Scientist Award, and received China’s National Honor for Youth under 40.

]]> comparchpodcast false No 3168 9 full Ep 8: Durable Security and Privacy-enhanced Computing with Dr. Todd Austin, University of Michigan Ep 8: Durable Security and Privacy-enhanced Computing with Dr. Todd Austin, University of Michigan https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-8-durable-security-and-privacy-enhanced-computing-with-dr-todd-austin-university-of-michigan/ https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-8-durable-security-and-privacy-enhanced-computing-with-dr-todd-austin-university-of-michigan/#comments Sat, 07 May 2022 19:10:34 -0700 comparchpodcast.podbean.com/29e535b0-0d91-345b-baf5-97b92d07ac4a Dr. Todd Austin is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. His research interests include robust and secure system design, hardware and software verification, and performance analysis tools and techniques. Todd has donned multiple hats, being a senior processor architect at Intel’s Microprocessor Research Labs, a professor at the University of Michigan, serving as the director of research centers like C-FAR, and more recently serving as the CEO and co-founder of the startup Agita Labs. He is also an IEEE Fellow and received the ACM Maurice Wilkes Award for his work on SimpleScalar, and the DIVA and Razor architectures.

]]> Dr. Todd Austin is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. His research interests include robust and secure system design, hardware and software verification, and performance analysis tools and techniques. Todd has donned multiple hats, being a senior processor architect at Intel’s Microprocessor Research Labs, a professor at the University of Michigan, serving as the director of research centers like C-FAR, and more recently serving as the CEO and co-founder of the startup Agita Labs. He is also an IEEE Fellow and received the ACM Maurice Wilkes Award for his work on SimpleScalar, and the DIVA and Razor architectures.

]]> comparchpodcast false No 3647 8 full Ep 7: Domain-specific Systems for AR/VR and Extended Reality with Dr. Sarita Adve, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ep 7: Domain-specific Systems for AR/VR and Extended Reality with Dr. Sarita Adve, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-7-domain-specific-systems-for-arvr-and-extended-reality-with-dr-sarita-adve/ https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-7-domain-specific-systems-for-arvr-and-extended-reality-with-dr-sarita-adve/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2022 18:46:56 -0800 comparchpodcast.podbean.com/10900b25-cf52-3b1e-a1d5-633512dbfc86 Dr. Sarita Adve is the Richard T. Cheng Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests span the system stack, including hardware, programming languages, operating systems, and applications. She co-developed the memory consistency models for the C++ and Java programming languages, based on her early work on data-race-free (DRF) models, and has made innovative contributions to heterogenous computing and software-driven approaches to resiliency. Her group recently released the Illinois Extended Reality testbed (ILLIXR), the first fully open source extended reality system to democratize XR systems research and development. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science, IEEE, ACM and a recipient of the ACM SIGARCH Maurice Wilkes award. As ACM SIGARCH chair, she co-founded the CARES movement, and is a winner of the CRA distinguished service award.

]]> Dr. Sarita Adve is the Richard T. Cheng Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests span the system stack, including hardware, programming languages, operating systems, and applications. She co-developed the memory consistency models for the C++ and Java programming languages, based on her early work on data-race-free (DRF) models, and has made innovative contributions to heterogenous computing and software-driven approaches to resiliency. Her group recently released the Illinois Extended Reality testbed (ILLIXR), the first fully open source extended reality system to democratize XR systems research and development. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science, IEEE, ACM and a recipient of the ACM SIGARCH Maurice Wilkes award. As ACM SIGARCH chair, she co-founded the CARES movement, and is a winner of the CRA distinguished service award.

]]> comparchpodcast false No 3603 7 full Ep 6: Quantum Computing Architectures with Dr. Fred Chong, University of Chicago Ep 6: Quantum Computing Architectures with Dr. Fred Chong, University of Chicago https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-6-quantum-computing-architectures-with-dr-fred-chong-university-of-chicago/ https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-6-quantum-computing-architectures-with-dr-fred-chong-university-of-chicago/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2021 08:18:28 -0700 comparchpodcast.podbean.com/17979deb-4350-32bf-aad9-bc9c635d0be4 Dr. Fred Chong is the Seymour Goodman Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago, and the chief scientist of SuperTech, a quantum software startup. He is also Lead Principal Investigator for the EPiQC Project, an NSF Expedition in Computing. Previously, Fred received his Ph.D. from MIT in 1996 and was a faculty member at UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara. Fred has made significant contributions to architecture and system stack for quantum computing, and his other research interests include emerging technologies for computing, multicore and embedded architectures, computer security, and sustainable computing.

]]> Dr. Fred Chong is the Seymour Goodman Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago, and the chief scientist of SuperTech, a quantum software startup. He is also Lead Principal Investigator for the EPiQC Project, an NSF Expedition in Computing. Previously, Fred received his Ph.D. from MIT in 1996 and was a faculty member at UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara. Fred has made significant contributions to architecture and system stack for quantum computing, and his other research interests include emerging technologies for computing, multicore and embedded architectures, computer security, and sustainable computing.

]]> comparchpodcast false No 3538 6 full Ep 5: Datacenter Architectures and Cloud Microservices with Dr. Christina Delimitrou, Cornell University Ep 5: Datacenter Architectures and Cloud Microservices with Dr. Christina Delimitrou, Cornell University https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-5-datacenter-architectures-and-cloud-microservices-with-dr-christina-delimitrou-cornell-university/ https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-5-datacenter-architectures-and-cloud-microservices-with-dr-christina-delimitrou-cornell-university/#comments Sat, 05 Jun 2021 08:35:23 -0700 comparchpodcast.podbean.com/182be43f-837e-3f13-8803-509de01757e7 Dr. Christina Delimitrou is an assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Cornell University. Prof. Delimitrou has made significant contributions to improving resource efficiency of large-scale datacenters, QoS-aware scheduling and resource management techniques, performance debugging, and cloud security. She received the 2020 IEEE TCCA Young Architect Award for leading research in ML-driven management and design of cloud systems. She talks to us about datacenter architectures, cloud microservices, and applying machine learning techniques to optimizing and managing these systems.

]]> Dr. Christina Delimitrou is an assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Cornell University. Prof. Delimitrou has made significant contributions to improving resource efficiency of large-scale datacenters, QoS-aware scheduling and resource management techniques, performance debugging, and cloud security. She received the 2020 IEEE TCCA Young Architect Award for leading research in ML-driven management and design of cloud systems. She talks to us about datacenter architectures, cloud microservices, and applying machine learning techniques to optimizing and managing these systems.

]]> comparchpodcast false No 2925 5 full Ep 4: Cross-layer Optimizations and Impactful Collaborations with Dr. Mark D. Hill, University of Wisconsin-Madison / Microsoft Ep 4: Cross-layer Optimizations and Impactful Collaborations with Dr. Mark D. Hill, University of Wisconsin-Madison / Microsoft https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-4-cross-layer-optimizations-and-impactful-collaborations-with-dr-mark-d-hill-university-of-wisconsin-madison-microsoft/ https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-4-cross-layer-optimizations-and-impactful-collaborations-with-dr-mark-d-hill-university-of-wisconsin-madison-microsoft/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2021 06:33:44 -0800 comparchpodcast.podbean.com/fce87c42-b59f-32fb-b0ca-26715e882b51 Dr. Mark D. Hill is a professor emeritus of computer sciences at the University of Wisconsin Madison, and currently a Partner Hardware Architect with Microsoft Azure. He has made numerous contributions to parallel computer system design, memory system design, computer simulation, and more.  He is well known for his advice and collaborative work style, having published papers with 160 different co-authors. He talks to us about cross-layer optimizations, impactful collaborations, and visioning for computer architecture research. 

]]> Dr. Mark D. Hill is a professor emeritus of computer sciences at the University of Wisconsin Madison, and currently a Partner Hardware Architect with Microsoft Azure. He has made numerous contributions to parallel computer system design, memory system design, computer simulation, and more.  He is well known for his advice and collaborative work style, having published papers with 160 different co-authors. He talks to us about cross-layer optimizations, impactful collaborations, and visioning for computer architecture research. 

]]> comparchpodcast false No 3028 4 full Ep 3: Privacy-preserving Covid Tracing and the Hardware-Software Stack with Dr. James Larus, EPFL Ep 3: Privacy-preserving Covid Tracing and the Hardware-Software Stack with Dr. James Larus, EPFL https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-3-privacy-preserving-covid-tracing-and-the-hardware-software-stack-with-dr-james-larus-epfl/ https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-3-privacy-preserving-covid-tracing-and-the-hardware-software-stack-with-dr-james-larus-epfl/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2020 22:17:31 -0800 comparchpodcast.podbean.com/ac4442f1-3eed-3c78-80fd-57a9de3451b1 Dr. James Larus is Professor and Dean of the School of Computer and Communication Sciences at EPFL. Prof. Larus has made contributions to several fields spanning programming languages, compilers, computer architecture, and computer systems. He co-led the Wisconsin Wind Tunnel project, started the Singularity project at Microsoft Research (MSR), created Orleans framework for cloud programming as director of the Extreme Computing Group at MSR. He talks to us about privacy-by-design, the associated challenges across the hardware-software stack, and the implications on the design of digital contact-tracing protocols (DP-3T) during the Covid-19 pandemic.

]]> Dr. James Larus is Professor and Dean of the School of Computer and Communication Sciences at EPFL. Prof. Larus has made contributions to several fields spanning programming languages, compilers, computer architecture, and computer systems. He co-led the Wisconsin Wind Tunnel project, started the Singularity project at Microsoft Research (MSR), created Orleans framework for cloud programming as director of the Extreme Computing Group at MSR. He talks to us about privacy-by-design, the associated challenges across the hardware-software stack, and the implications on the design of digital contact-tracing protocols (DP-3T) during the Covid-19 pandemic.

]]> comparchpodcast false No 3274 3 full Ep 2: Domain-specific Accelerators with Dr. Bill Dally, Nvidia Ep 2: Domain-specific Accelerators with Dr. Bill Dally, Nvidia https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-2-domain-specific-accelerators-with-dr-bill-dally-nvidia/ https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-2-domain-specific-accelerators-with-dr-bill-dally-nvidia/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2020 22:38:44 -0700 comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e12c48cc-a4fb-3826-961f-811d6d295824 Dr. Bill Dally is the Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President of Research at Nvidia, and a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. Dr. Dally has had a storied career with contributions to parallel computer architectures, interconnection networks, GPUs, accelerators and more. He has a history of designing innovative and experimental computing systems such as the MARS accelerator, the MOSSIM simulation engine, the J-Machine and M-machine, to name a few. He talks to us about computing innovation in the post-Moore era, domain-specific accelerators, and technology transfer in computing.

]]> Dr. Bill Dally is the Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President of Research at Nvidia, and a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. Dr. Dally has had a storied career with contributions to parallel computer architectures, interconnection networks, GPUs, accelerators and more. He has a history of designing innovative and experimental computing systems such as the MARS accelerator, the MOSSIM simulation engine, the J-Machine and M-machine, to name a few. He talks to us about computing innovation in the post-Moore era, domain-specific accelerators, and technology transfer in computing.

]]> comparchpodcast false No 3260 2 full Ep 1: Systems for ML with Dr. Kim Hazelwood, Facebook Ep 1: Systems for ML with Dr. Kim Hazelwood, Facebook https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-1-systems-for-ml-with-dr-kim-hazelwood-facebook/ https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-1-systems-for-ml-with-dr-kim-hazelwood-facebook/#comments Thu, 28 May 2020 05:28:28 -0700 comparchpodcast.podbean.com/b8d557d0-df57-5bf6-8b09-1fdf8658b10f Dr. Kim Hazelwood is the west coast head of engineering at Facebook AI Research (FAIR). Prior to Facebook, Kim has donned several hats from being a tenured professor at the University of Virginia, directory of systems research at Yahoo Labs, and a software engineer at Google. Today, she joins us to discuss systems for Machine Learning (ML), and share her insights on having an agile career.

]]> Dr. Kim Hazelwood is the west coast head of engineering at Facebook AI Research (FAIR). Prior to Facebook, Kim has donned several hats from being a tenured professor at the University of Virginia, directory of systems research at Yahoo Labs, and a software engineer at Google. Today, she joins us to discuss systems for Machine Learning (ML), and share her insights on having an agile career.

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