Because writing computer programs is hard, computer programmers are taught to use encapsulation and modularity to hide complexity and reduce the potential for errors. Their progra...
Anthony Cozzie, Frank Stratton, Hui Xue, Samuel T....
As we approach nation-wide integration of computer systems, it is clear that le replication will play a key role, both to improve data availability in the face of failures, and to...
Richard G. Guy, John S. Heidemann, Wai-Kei Mak, Th...
Knit is a new component definition and linking language for systems code. Knit helps make C code more understandable and reusable by third parties, helps eliminate much of the per...
Alastair Reid, Matthew Flatt, Leigh Stoller, Jay L...
As the performance gap between processors and memory systems increases, the CPU spends more time stalled waiting for data from main memory. Critical long latency instructions, suc...
Nikil Mehta, Brian Singer, R. Iris Bahar, Michael ...
Moduli of the form 2n ± 1, which greatly simplify certain arithmetic operations in residue number systems (RNS), have been of longstanding interest. A steady stream of designs fo...