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SIGMICRO Viability Review. SIGMICRO: Special Interest Group on Microarchitecture SIGMICRO specializes in computer microarchitecture and especially in features permitting instruction-level parallelism and their related implications on compiler design. Chair: Erik Altman
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SIGMICRO Viability Review SIGMICRO: Special Interest Group on Microarchitecture SIGMICRO specializes in computer microarchitecture and especially in features permitting instruction-level parallelism and their related implications on compiler design. • Chair: Erik Altman • Vice-Chair: Lizy Kurian-John • Secretary/Treasurer: Milos Prvulovic • Executive Committee: Jim Dehnert • David Kaeli • Sally McKee • Past Chair: Tom Conte March 27, 2009
SIGMICRO Funds $48,542 discretionary funds
Publications and Other Member Benefits • SIGMICRO Online Newsletter • To contain interviews from ACM / SIGMICRO History Project • Student Travel Grants to conferences • $8500 in FY07, $9900 in FY08 • Currently open to all students. • Conference registration discounts. • SIGMICRO CACM Committee nominations from 4 SIGMICRO conferences • Scott Mahlke (Chair), Evelyn Duesterwald, Amir Roth
SIGMICRO Oral History Project • Leader: Yan Solihin • Historian: Paul Edwards • 18 candidates were considered. • Roughly half from academia, half from industry • Goal: Select one from each category • Criteria: • Candidate has made a significant contribution to microprocessor technology, or computer architecture/systems in general. • Recognized as such by peers through awards. • Candidate has not been interviewed extensively. • Initial Subjects: • Edward Davidson: • Stanford, UIUC, and Michigan Faculty member. Pipeline Design, Multiprocessor Systems, 49 PhD and 38 MS students graduated. • Bob Colwell: • Chief IA-32 Architect: Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium 4, National Academy of Engineering. Interviews in April and May
Past and Future Challenges • Maintaining and increasing membership. • Newsletter • History Project • Student Travel Grants • Conference Sponsorships and Discounts • ?? • Maintaining conference attendance in current economic climate.