Top Picks from the 2013 Computer Architecture Conferences

......As guest editors of this IEEE Micro special issue and co-chairs of the selection committee, it’s our pleasure to introduce the ninth annual edition of IEEE Micro’s Top Picks from the Computer Architecture Conferences. In recent years, Top Picks has rapidly become a tradition in the computer architecture community, an important recognition of research excellence, and a great opportunity to take a step back and look at our field, by providing a high-level snapshot of some of the most influential research in one place.