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| IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture | |
|---|---|
| Name | IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture |
| Acronym | MICRO |
| Established | 1968 |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Discipline | Computer architecture |
| Publisher | IEEE Computer Society; Association for Computing Machinery |
| Country | International |
IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture
The IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture is a premier annual conference in computer architecture and microprocessor. Founded in the late 1960s, it brings together researchers from Intel Corporation, IBM, Advanced Micro Devices, NVIDIA, ARM Holdings, and academic institutions such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to present advances in processor design, memory systems, and hardware-software co-design.
MICRO serves as a focal point for work on RISC and CISC implementations, superscalar and multicore architectures, and innovations influencing platforms from x86 architecture to ARM architecture. Attendees typically include engineers from Google, Microsoft, Amazon (company), and researchers affiliated with National Science Foundation, European Research Council, and national laboratories such as Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory. The program often features keynote talks by leaders associated with Intel Corporation and IBM Research, panel sessions referencing projects like Sequoia (supercomputer) and initiatives such as DARPA programs.
The symposium traces roots to early microarchitecture meetings influenced by work at Fairchild Semiconductor and Bell Labs during the era of pioneers like Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce. Through the 1970s and 1980s MICRO tracked transitions from the PDP-11 and VAX families to MIPS and early SPARC designs, intersecting with key events such as the rise of Symmetric multiprocessing research and the consolidation of the semiconductor industry around players like Texas Instruments and Motorola (company). In the 1990s and 2000s the symposium paralleled breakthroughs from Intel Pentium to multicore trends driven by companies like Sun Microsystems and research groups at University of Cambridge and ETH Zurich, later incorporating topics tied to mobile computing trends led by Qualcomm and Apple Inc..
MICRO covers advances in pipeline design linked to studies by John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson, branch prediction strategies examined alongside work by Jim Smith (computer scientist), cache hierarchy research resonant with Alan Jay Smith, and speculative execution controversies associated with incidents like Spectre (security vulnerability) and Meltdown (security vulnerability). The scope extends to hardware accelerators influenced by Tensor Processing Unit efforts at Google, energy-efficient designs reflecting research from ARM Holdings teams, and security-aware microarchitectures intersecting with standards set by National Institute of Standards and Technology. Topics also span compiler-architecture interface work from groups at Princeton University and Cornell University, and system-on-chip trends tied to manufacturing advances at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.
The symposium typically includes peer-reviewed paper sessions, poster presentations, and invited panels modeled after workshops such as Hot Chips and ISCA. Tutorials often draw speakers affiliated with ACM SIGARCH and IEEE Computer Society technical committees, while doctoral symposiums highlight work from students at institutions like California Institute of Technology and Purdue University. Special sessions and industry exhibits showcase prototypes from labs such as Intel Labs and IBM Research – Almaden, and social events frequently involve collaborations with regional universities like National University of Singapore when hosted in Asia.
MICRO has hosted landmark papers influencing designs like the Alpha (microprocessor) and concepts used in out-of-order execution, and published influential studies on cache coherence protocols and NUMA optimizations from contributors affiliated with University of Texas at Austin and University of Michigan. Seminal works presented at MICRO have been cited alongside classics from ACM SIGPLAN conferences and have impacted products developed by NVIDIA and AMD. The symposium has also been a venue for early presentations on hardware support for virtualization (computing) pioneered by engineers from VMware and Intel Corporation.
MICRO bestows awards recognizing outstanding papers and influential contributions, paralleling honors given by ACM and IEEE such as the ACM Fellow and IEEE Fellow distinctions for contributors. Lifetime achievement and test-of-time awards at MICRO have highlighted researchers linked to University of California, San Diego, Brown University, and industry labs like Hewlett-Packard and IBM Research. Student paper awards and best-paper recognitions often presage later accolades including Turing Award-adjoining work by architecture luminaries.
The symposium is organized by volunteers and committees within ACM SIGARCH and the IEEE Computer Society, with sponsorship from corporations including Intel Corporation, AMD, NVIDIA, ARM Holdings, and funding support from agencies like National Science Foundation and European Research Council. Host cities have included technology hubs such as San Francisco, Beijing, Barcelona, Kyoto, and Tel Aviv, coordinated with local universities and professional groups like ACM chapters and regional branches of IEEE.
Category:Computer architecture conferences