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Dealing with the “ Itanium Effect
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Richfield, Steve |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | The “Itanium Effect” is a subtle organizational phenomenon leading to the wide adoption of a few widely applicable technologies, and the abandonment of many powerful but more narrowly applicable technologies. The main elements of the Itanium Effect are: 1. Technology loops 2. Compartmentalized conferences 3. Little PhD student participation 4. Procedural exclusion of futurist and top-down discussions 5. Keeping problems secret, so that no one else can help The Itanium Effect has become the leading barrier to advancement of high performance computing. This is why defects continue to impair yield. This is what now stands in the way of wafer scale integration. Prospective glue technologies examined in this paper include: 1. Logarithmic arithmetic 2. Medium-grained and multi-grained FPGAs 3. Coherent memory mapping 4. Variable data chaining 5. Fast aggregation across ALUs 6. Blurring the SIMD/MIMD distinction 7. A simple horizontal microcoding interface for applications 8. Failsoft configuration on power-up 9. Failsoft partial reconfiguration during execution 10. Symmetrical pinout to use of defective components. 11. An architecture-independent universal compiler to compile a new APL-level language Category and Subject Descriptor B.0 [Hardware]: General. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://world-comp.org/p2011/CDE2890.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
