This article originally appeared in USENIX ;login: magazine, shepherded by Rik Farrow. As AI models grow larger and more complex, traditional computing architectures are hitting performance and efficiency limits. A new class of hardware, wafer-scale AI chips, pushes these boundaries by integratin| ACM SIGOPS
Editor's note: For the first article of the The Next Horizon of System Intelligence series, we invite the ADRS team from Berkeley to share their recent work which has raised very active discussions in the community. AI is no longer just tuning systems as a "black box." It's now rewriting their co| ACM SIGOPS
Editor's note: The authors are opening a blog series on the timely topic of system intelligence and the future of systems research with the intelligence as a new capability. They are actively looking for contributors to share ideas, viewpoints, and experiences. Why This Blog Series? Generative| ACM SIGOPS
Editor's note: This article is cross-posted from SIGARCH. We believe that the article is of importance to SIGOPS conferences and thus republish as a SIGOPS blog post to disseminate the message further. In computer architecture conferences, “expert”/”knowledgeable” reviewers often are conflicte| ACM SIGOPS
The Research Pipeline is Stalling The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) froze all outgoing funding, including new awards and scheduled payments on active grants. Over 1,000 NSF research projects were abruptly canceled in a few days, resulting in roughly $739 million in halted research fundin| ACM SIGOPS
TL;DR The ASPLOS Steering Committee (SC) is soliciting feedback on the new review process introduced with ASPLOS 2023. The SC welcomes input on the impact of the new process and changes being contemplated for ASPLOS 2026. Please read this whole post then complete this online survey by Nov 8, 2024| ACM SIGOPS
