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EECS Systems Research in the Post-PC Era

EECS Systems Research in the Post-PC Era. David Culler U.C. Berkeley EECS (ILP) Conference Feb 18, 1999 http://postPC.cs.berkeley.edu. Format of the Session. Morning Highlight Talk - Dave Patterson Computer Architecture and the Infrastructure Systems Research Agenda - David Culler

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EECS Systems Research in the Post-PC Era

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  1. EECS Systems Research in the Post-PC Era David Culler U.C. Berkeley EECS (ILP) Conference Feb 18, 1999 http://postPC.cs.berkeley.edu

  2. Format of the Session • Morning Highlight Talk - Dave Patterson • Computer Architecture and the Infrastructure • Systems Research Agenda - David Culler • Ninja Service Platform Architecture - Steven Gribble • Push scalable services into the infrastructure • Security in a Pervasive Computing Environment - Mike Chen • distributed due to limits on power and trust • Comfortable pace & Lots of Discussion EECS PostPC

  3. SmallDevices Billions The Emerging Platform Pyramid SuperComputers SuperServers Thousands Departmental Servers Millions Workstations Workstations Personal Computers 100 Millions EECS PostPC

  4. Exciting new components * * * EECS PostPC

  5. Natural Tides of Innovation Innovation ?? Integration Personal Computer Workstation Server Log R Minicomputer Mainframe 2/99 Time EECS PostPC

  6. Historical Perspective • New eras of computing start when the previous era is so strong it is hard to imagine that things could ever be different • mainframe -> mini • mini -> workstation -> PC • PC -> ??? • It is always smaller than what came before. • Most think of the new technology as “just a toy” • The new dominant use was almost completely absent before. • So where are we headed in the post-PC era? EECS PostPC

  7. Away from the “average device” • Powerful, personal capabilities from specialized devices • small, highly mobile or embedded in the environment • Intelligence + immense storage and processing in the infrastructure • Everything connected Devices Laptops, Desktops EECS PostPC

  8. Complement to industry efforts • Get maximum number of applications first • 1990 PC capality in handheld device • microkernel port of Unix or Windows • emulate vast API • Mobile extension of dedicated PC • take short excursion and synch • Success of the Palm Pilot with primitive OS and split application model is significant • it’s the approach, not the technical superiority EECS PostPC

  9. Example - PDA scope • http://www.21store.co.uk/pdantic/pdachart.htm EECS PostPC

  10. Rich set of new challenges • Natural, high-content user interfaces • Sensors, actuators, display, speech • devices, small OS, low power • massive distributed system • “Middleware” • Security, privacy, content • Networking • Software engineering • Administration and management • Extraction of knowledge from activities EECS PostPC

  11. Future Internet-Scale Systems • ~10 Billion of Information Appliances • ~100 Million of Stationary Computers • ~Million Scalable Servers EECS PostPC

  12. Natural Convergence at the Extremes • “Internet-Scale” => system reaches “everywhere” • small devices will be what is “wherever” • powerful servers is where is all goes • Scalability, efficiency, simplicity, availability, adaptation • commonality in design goals and technology • federated systems • The breakthrough ahead is pervasive devices + communication EECS PostPC

  13. Seeds sewn in many projects • Devices - Infopad, IRAM • Scalable Servers - NOW, Millennium • Storage - Tertiary Disk, Istore, Aetherstore • Sensors and Actuators - BSAC • Connectivity - BWRC • Transcoding Services - Wingman, Mediaboard • Platform Architecture - Ninja • Computing/Telephony Integration - Iceberg • Programming Enviornments and Tools • User interfaces - Notepals EECS PostPC

  14. A Radical Experiment • What we need is not just a new research project, but a new “computing culture” => Build a department-wide, universal wireless PDA infrastructure and a community to take it forward • Initial Seed Fall 98 with IBM • 150+ IBM workpads + lots of cradles + IR + ??? • Initial community • Ninja, ICEBERG, MASH grad students • Senior UI Class (CS 160) • All interested 1st year CS grads (CS 252, 261, 262 projects) • Fill out based on interest, talent and availability => “ask a good question and get yours” seminar EECS PostPC

  15. Fall’98 Project Excerpts • E-Commerce and Security • Pay-Per-Use Services on the Palm Computing Platform (Mike Chen, Andrew Geweke) • Secure Email Infrastructure for PDAs (Hoon Kang, Rob von Behren) • SyncAnywhere - Secure Network HotSync (Mike Chen, Helen Wang) • Groupware • Kiretsu - Ninja Instant Messaging Service (Matt Welsh, Steve Gribble) • The MASH MediaPad - Shared Electronic Whiteboard for the PalmPilot (Yatin Chawathe) • NotePals - Lightweight Meeting Support Using PDAs (Richard Davis) • OSKI - Open Shared Kalendaring Infrastructure (Jason Hong, Brad Morrey, Mark Newman) • OS and Communications • PalmRouter - Networking Sporadically Connected Devices (Andras Ferencz, Robert Szewczyk) • Numerous Architecture Studies • Excellent UI Projects • Ink Chat, Nutrition/Excercise Tracker, Rendezvous - Meeting Scheduler EECS PostPC

  16. Some Lessons • Communication is enabling • low-power wireless needs to be like IP • Virtual Environment is important • Devices connect “into the infrastructure” • Network HotSync, groupware, centralized e-mail => Need lean, clean communication substrate • “User Service” is fundamental • not just profile and customization info • routing point for security • Much room for improvement in devices • trade BW for compute or storage • Development effort is the limiting factor • OSKI: 1 person for infrastructure, 2 for WorkPad => need complete distributed system debugging and simulation environment EECS PostPC

  17. Massive Cluster Clusters Gigabit Ethernet Servers Desktop PCs Wireless Infrastructure Future Devices Cell Phones PDAs Momentum Building • Millennium provides large-scale testbed • Ninja architecture allows developers to “Push Services into the Infrastructure” • scalable, available, customizable • real services deployed and used in Spring 1999 EECS PostPC

  18. Emerging Agenda • Endeavor Expedition (14 Faculty) • extend pervasive computing view to “oceanic” proportions • massive, fluid data storage • devices everywhere • fluid software • streaming data management • automatic management • social networking • Pervasive computing “stamp” on strategic plan • Causing us to rethink what we need in our environment EECS PostPC

  19. University/Industry Roles & Collaboration • Bold, Rich PostPC Agenda Emerging • Pervasive ‘stamp’ on strategic plan • New balance of expertise and technology between industry and university • devices, components, networks, applications, users • foundations for the future vs TTM • New roles and relationships in collaboration • how do we share space, environment, culture, not just technology • Fundamentally new demands on the research space • ability to deploy smart spaces on a large scale • new modes of human interaction • It’s not just what we build, but how we use it EECS PostPC

  20. Discussion EECS PostPC

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