Coming Multicore Revolution

Complexity analysis of matrix product on multicore architectures

The multicore revolution is underway. Classical algorithms have to be revisited in order to take hierarchical memory layout into account. In this paper, we aim at minimizing the number of cache misses paid during the execution of the matrix product kernel on a multicore processor, and we show how to achieve the best possible trade-off between shared and distributed caches.

Parallelizing a Network Simulator

In the context of the current multicore revolution, the need to design an effective interconnect network has become increasingly vital. Computer architects make use of network simulators in order to determine the best network designs and configurations. The process by which this is done however is often computationally intensive and requires significant run time. The fact that most simulators a...

The molecular revolution--coming your way soon.

Deep State in Egypt: From Revolution to Dictatorship

Objective: In the ensuing Egypt revolution on 25 January 2011, no one guesses the military dictatorship could turn back to power within the next two years. Political structure in Egypt since the 1952 Revolution that was won by the heading Free Officers Movement has tilted toward an oligarchic system. It is an intricate web of power that includes an integral part of the state such as the executi...

A New Synthesis in Search of Synthesizing Agents; Comment on “A New Synthesis”

In a recent editorial in this journal Pierre-Gerlier Forest foretells a coming revolution in health policy based on the synthesis of four conceptual innovations and one technological breakthrough. As much as I agree with the intellectual story told in this editorial I present a more skeptical view of the effect of paradigm shifts on healthcare systems on the ground. I argue that ideas triumph w...