The first paper for this lecture [1] categorizes various options for supporting speculative multithreading in hardware, while the second [2] describes a way to implement it in software without specific architectural support. The class discussion covered the requirements and tradeoffs of software, hardware, and hybrid support for speculative multithreading. Thread-level speculation (TLS) is a wa...

Based on a presentation at The Undivided Mind conference at Plymouth University, this article sketches out speculative applications of somatics, the first person, phenomenological study of sensation, perception and movement. I first introduce the subject of somatics through an experiential exercise for the reader before summarizing theoretical aspects of somatic study. Drawing from the literatu...