The BYU Architecture and Digital Design Research Group investigates computer architecture and digital systems. Our principal research interests lie in the realms of chip multiprocessor architecture, parallel optimization for chip multiprocessors, tools for computer architects, and hardware synthesis from high-level specifications.
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BARDD NewsMonday Sep 08, 2008July 30, 2008: BARDD group work mentioned in EE TimesAn July 30 article in EE Times reports on the projects supported through the Microsoft Research Safe and Scalable Multicore Computing program. June 21, 2008: Zhuo Ruan presents paper at WARP 2008Graduate student Zhuo Ruan presented SPRI: Simulator Partitioning Research Infrastructure on June 21 at the 3rd Workshop on Architectural Research Prototyping held in conjunction with ISCA 35 in Beijing, China. May 16, 2008: The BARDD group receives a Microsoft Research grantDr. Penry has been awarded a research grant from Microsoft Research under the Safe and Scalable Multicore Computing program for research on Runtime Packaging of Fine-Grained Parallelism and Locality. May 1, 2008: David Ward joins the BARDD groupThe BARDD group welcomes David Ward to its ranks as an undergraduate research assistant. Why BARDD?The word bardd is a Welsh word meaning bard. A bard is an ancient Celtic poet, though William Shakespeare is sometimes referred to as "the Bard". At any rate, bardd made a good acronym which acknowledges Dr. Penry's Welsh ancestry and liking for Celtic music and poetry. Also, when mispronounced by English speakers, it sounds like what it means. (Note: bardd should be pronounced as "barth" where the "th" is voiced as in "this".) Finally, it gives a good name for the group members: bards. (In Welsh, the plural would actually be beirdd, but that's too much to expect people to remember.) And maybe someday we'll post some poetry.... |
Y gwir yn erbyn y byd ("The truth against the world") - old bardic saying
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