ABSTRACT: The interaction between computer architecture and IC technology is complicated and bi-directional. Emerging technologies, such as 3D integration and new non-volatile memories, affect the decisions computer architects make, while the developments in computer architecture also influences the viability of different technologies. On the other hand, emerging applications, such as machine learning and bio-inspired computing, also provide new drivers and pose new challenges for future architecture design. As our community embarks upon the post-Moore’s Law era and looks towards a post-CMOS life, technology-driven and application-driven architecture innovation may become the keys for future computer architecture research. This talk will give a brief overview of the recent trends, and then focus on 3DIC and compute-in-memory (or process-in-memory (PIM)/near-data-computing (NDC)) as a case study to provide in-depth analysis on how the interaction of technology and application inspires new architecture designs.  BIO: Yuan Xie is a Professor at University of California, Santa Barbara. He was a faculty member at Penn State University before joining UCSB in 2014. He received B.S. degree from Tsinghua University and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton University. He also worked for IBM Worldwide Design Center and AMD Research. He is a IEEE Fellow, and is honored by the ISCA Hall of Fame and the HPCA Hall of Fame. More can be found at http://www.ece.ucsb.edu/~yuanxie/.

Hosted by Professor Jason Cong

REFRESHMENTS at 3:45 pm, SPEAKER at 4:15 pm