IEEE Rebooting Computing

We sat down with Dillon Graham of the Critical Skills Master’s Program: R&D Computer Science at Sandia National Laboratories, at Rebooting Computing Week in 2017 to discuss his views on the future of computing, what new technologies he thinks will usher us into a new era beyond Moore’s Law, and what he learned while at Rebooting Computing Week. Dillon shared how he believes new technologies such as neuromorphic computing, memristors, deep learning, machine learning, artificial intelligence, mixed signal and others will be future of computing. He also talked about the specific type of computing he believes will drive the industry forward over the coming years.

The next fifteen years in the electronic and computer industries promise to bring with them many challenges and excitements. Addressing these challenges and excitements is the International Roadmap for Devices and Systems. In this podcast, we spoke with Linda Wilson, Project Manager for the International Roadmap for Devices and Systems, to get an inside look at the 2017 Edition of the IRDS Roadmap, its history, where the Roadmap will go from here, and much more. Linda shares information about the global organizations IEEE is collaborating with on the IRDS Roadmap and how the project has turned into a worldwide effort. In addition, Linda discusses practical ways to apply what’s in the IRDS Roadmap reports within the electronics industry. She also shares behind-the-scenes information on future editions of the IRDS Roadmap, how the IEEE Standards Association is involved, and how the IRDS Roadmap will help to reboot computing. Linda also shares information about an upcoming set of public webinars around the IRDS Roadmap with the first webinar happening 28 August 2018 at 8:00 am PT/11:00 am ET.

“No exponential is forever, but forever can be delayed," said Gordon Moore. In this podcast, Dan Hutcheson, CEO and Chairman of VLSI Research Inc., shares this quote from Gordon Moore and discusses why he doesn't necessarily see Moore's Law ending in the future. He also discusses the technologies he believes are on the horizon including Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Supercomputing and more. In addition, Dan talks about how the massive amount of data that is being produced is actually moving us away from a computer-centric world and into a data-centric world.

We sat down with Mark Papermaster, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Technology and Engineering at AMD, at Rebooting Computing Week last year in Washington, D.C. to discuss the future of computing. During our interview, Mark shared what he thinks will come after Moore’s Law, the likelihood of high performance computing undergoing a mass deployment in the next five years, machine learning, and much more. Mark also talks about how we are at an incredible inflection point in the computing industry. What does that inflection point hold? Let’s listen to what Mark has to say.

Biological computation, quantum computing, photonics, Moore's Law, and semiconductor technology are just a few of the topics Margaret Martonosi dives into during this IEEE Rebooting Computing podcast. Margaret is the Hugh Trumball Adams Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University and is the Director of the Keller Center for Innovation and Engineering Education. She has also been an IEEE member for 30 years and an IEEE Fellow for 8 years. Margaret shares why approaching the reboot of computing is an exciting time and why she believes 'where there is big change, there's big opportunities to find new ideas and do things differently'. Additionally, Margaret shares her work and research at Princeton University and shares why she’s an IEEE member and why others should join as well.

With the recent release of the IEEE 2017 Edition of the International Roadmap for Devices and Systems (IRDS) helping shape an evolving computational world, this IEEE Rebooting Computing podcast features Marilyn Wolf, Farmer Distinguished Chair of Embedded Computing at Georgia Tech and Eminent Scholar at the Georgia Research Alliance, discussing a broad range of computational needs that will help advance computing beyond Moore’s Law. Applications such as Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality, as well as the ever-expanding deployment of sensors tied to the Internet of Things, and cyber-physical systems such as connected vehicles, will bring forth issues related to safety and security that will need to be addressed as humanity strives to harness computational power for the future.

As 2017’s Low-Power Image Recognition Challenge (LPIRC) Moderator, Ryan Dailey has unique insights into the ins and outs of this challenge, its long and short-term goals, and how these goals could help to not only improve image recognition on mobile platforms, but also improve technology as a whole. LPIRC, coming up on 18 June 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah, encourages competitors to use different ways of looking at power consumption in computational devices while using visual recognition to identify as many images as possible. In this podcast, Ryan also discusses his views on the future of computing, what he thinks of artificial intelligence and how he believes computing requires us to think outside of the box.

Neuromorphic architecture, quantum computing, specialized processors, adaptive learning and artificial intelligence are just a few of the topics Michael Garner dives into in this Rebooting Computing podcast episode. Michael is the President of Nanomaterial Applications, Properties, Processes, and Assessments at Garner Nanotechnology Solutions and is the Chair of the Outside System Connectivity Team of the IEEE International Roadmap for Devices and Systems. Michael shares his thoughts on the future of computing, how adaptive learning will play a key role in the next phase beyond Moore's Law, how important it is to reboot computing, and much more.

In this IEEE Rebooting Computing podcast, Paolo Gargini, chair of the International Roadmap for Devices and Systems, gives us an inside look at the IRDS Roadmap, how it will come into motion in the near future, and the steps the Initiative plans to take to make this an actionable Roadmap. Paolo also dives into the rich history surrounding the IRDS Roadmap and where it will go in the years to come. Further, Paolo shares his insights into what the future might hold and the types of computing he believes will usher us into a new era that goes beyond Moore's Law.

With uncertainty surrounding the approach of Moore’s Law, members of academia, industry and the government are exploring innovations and collaborating on the development of solutions to advance the computing world towards a new future. In this podcast, IEEE Rebooting Computing Co-chair, Distinguished Technologist at Hewlett Packard Labs, and IEEE Fellow Dejan Milojicic shares his 360-degree view on Rebooting Computing. While much focus has been on new hardware, Dejan shares his insights on how software also needs to address programmability, as well leverage performance optimization and enable virtualization and security as we move beyond Moore’s Law.