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                    CALL FOR PAPERS AND REFEREES
      HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES - 23
                                  
  Processors and Systems Architecture: The Converging Design Space
                                  
              KAILUA-KONA, HAWAII - JANUARY 2-5, 1990
                                  
 The Architecture  track of  HICSS-23 will  contain a  special set of
 papers focusing  on a  broad selection  of topics  in  the  area  of
 Processor  and   Systems  Architectures.    Given  the  current  and
 predicted future state of technology available for computers,  there
 is an  explosion of  new architectural  features being  employed  in
 processors to serve the needs of the systems architecture community.
 Furthermore, systems architects, taking advantage of these features,
 look to  add other features currently not available in off-the-shelf
 silicon, and the cycle continues.
 
 There are several questions which arise:
 
    1. Does  the behavior of the built-in features fulfill the
     requirement as expected from the systems architects point
     of view?
    
    2. How  does a  processor architect  design processors for
     systems?
       a.How does the processor architect decide on the
         features to be included?
       b.What system level assumptions, both hardware and
         software, does the processor architect make in
         developing a processor with a set of features?
       c.What
    
    3. How does the systems architect employ the processor?
       a.How does the system architect evaluate a processor
         for use in a particular system?
       b.What tradeoffs are made in using certain processor
         technology?
       c.What impact does a processor with features have on
         the system?
    
 The goal of this day long program (called a minitrack) at the HICSS-
 23 conference  is to  show, through  the papers, the convergence and
 divergence of  processor and  systems architecture.   That  is where
 things go  right and  were there  is still  a disparity  between the
 chips, boards,  boxes, and software (what we call the semantic gap).
 The format for the minitrack is as follows:
 
     The intention  is to  get  three  good  papers  on  three
     important processor  architectures.   These papers should
     be a detailed description of the architecture of the chip
     (or chips),  as well  as, addressing the questions above.
     Each of  the three  processor architecture papers will be
     followed by  two  systems  architecture  papers.    These
     papers should  describe the  system and how the processor
     in question was used to provide the end solution.  Again,
     this should  also address  the questions above.  Thus, in
     total, we  will have nine papers.  This is followed by an
     open discussion  of the  convergence  and  divergence  of
     processor and systems architecture.
 
 
 Papers are  invited that  may be  practical  applications,  research
 machines, or  theoretical.   Papers can  deal with  systems and VLSI
 technologies.  Those papers selected for presentation will appear in
 the Conference  Proceedings which  are  published  by  the  Computer
 Society of  the IEEE.   HICSS-23  is sponsored  by the University of
 Hawaii in  cooperation with  the ACM,  the Computer Society, and the
 Pacific Research  Institute for  Information Sciences and Management
 (PRIISM).
 
 
 INSTRUCTIONS FOR  SUBMITTING PAPERS:   Manuscripts  should be  22-26
 typewritten, double-spaced pages in length.  Do not send submissions
 which  are  significantly  shorter.    Papers  must  not  have  been
 previously presented  or  published,  nor  currently  submitted  for
 journal publication.  Each manuscript will be put through a rigorous
 refereeing process.  Manuscript papers should have a title page that
 includes the  title of  the  paper,  full  name  of  the  author(s),
 affiliation(s),  complete   physical  and   electronic  address(es),
 telephone number(s) and a 300-word abstract of the paper.
 
 DEADLINES
 
 *   A 300-word abstract is due by April 15, 1989
 *   Feedback to author concerning abstract by May 5, 1989
 *   Six copies of the manuscript are due by June 1, 1989
 *   Notification of accepted papers by August 15, 1989
 *   Accepted manuscripts, camera-ready, due by September 23, 1989
 
 SEND SUBMISSIONS AND QUESTIONS TO
 Lee G. Friedman
 NCR Corporation
 1601 S. Main Street  MS PCD-5
 Dayton, OH 45479
 (513) 445-3594
 e-mail: lee.friedman@dayton.ncr.com

 
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Lee G. Friedman
NCR Research & Development Division           
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1201 S. Main Street                          
Dayton, OH 45479                                   
(513) 445-3594
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lee.friedman@Dayton.ncr.com