Computer Architecture with Mark D. Hill (Part 1)

Published: June 13, 2021, midnight

b'Khari Douglas interviews Dr. Mark D. Hill, the Gene M. Amdahl and John P. Morgridge Professor Emeritus of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Chair Emeritus of the CCC Council. This episode was recorded prior to Dr. Hill joining Microsoft as a Partner Hardware Architect with Azure. His research interests include parallel computer system design, memory system design, computer simulation, deterministic replay and transactional memory. In this episode Hill discusses the importance of computer architecture, the 3C model of cache behavior, and overcoming the end of Moore\\u2019s law.\\n\\nTimestamps to jump to certain topics:\\nWhat is Computer Architecture? - (1:01)\\nThree C Model of Cache Behavior - (5:40)\\nLog-based Transactional Memory - (9:58) \\nEnd of Moore\\u2019s Law - (16:36)\\nHardware accelerators - (20:40)\\nThe Gables Model - (29:41)\\nThree Other Models of Computer System Performance - (32:24)\\nOutro - (36:15)'