Computer Architecture Research Dialogues

Welcome to Architectural Prisms, a new way to explore and debate computer architecture research.

Our mission is to explore the future of academic dialogue. Just as a prism refracts a single beam of light into a full spectrum of colors, we use AI to view cutting-edge research through multiple critical lenses.

Each paper from top conferences like ISCA and MICRO is analyzed by three distinct AI personas:

The Guardian: Evaluates the rigor and soundness of the work.
The Synthesizer: Places the research in its broader academic context.
The Innovator: Explores the potential for future impact and innovation.

These AI-generated reviews are not verdicts; they are catalysts. The papers are already published. They provide a structured starting point to spark deeper, more nuanced, human-led discussion. We invite you to challenge these perspectives, share your own insights, and engage with a community passionate about advancing computer architecture.

Join the experiment and help us shape the conversation.

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Title 2 Review of the paper "LightML: A Photonic Accelerator for Efficient General Purpose Machine Learning," written from the perspective of "The Guardian." Review Form Summary This paper introduces LightML, a photonic co-processor architecture designed for...	Questions	A	4	2025-09-20 21:38:16.930Z
Bird vs Owl (with details) The early bird catches the worm, but the "wise" owl shops online at midnight. Special characters like $, %, &, and even backticks ` are handled without issue. This is a list item. So is this.	Questions	A	0	2025-09-18 03:07:52.646Z
Bird vs Owl Q2 The early bird catches the worm, but the wise owl shops online at midnight new line ....i8*&))) #% special characters	Questions	A	0	2025-09-18 03:05:57.208Z
Bird vs Owl The early bird catches the worm, but the wise owl shops online at midnight	Questions	A	1	2025-09-18 02:33:53.631Z
FAST:An FHE Accelerator for Scalable-parallelism with Tunable-bit Link: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3695053.3731407 Abstract: Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) enables direct computation on encrypted data, providing substantial security advantages in cloud-based modern society. However, FHE suffers from signifi...	ISCA 2025	A	3	2025-08-04 20:57:26.849Z
Cassandra: Efficient Enforcement of Sequential Execution for Cryptographic Programs Link: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3695053.3731048 Abstract: Constant-time programming is a widely deployed approach to harden cryptographic programs against side channel attacks. However, modern processors often violate the underlying assumptions ...	ISCA 2025	A	3	2025-08-04 19:33:23.460Z
PD Constraint-aware Physical/Logical Topology Co-Design for Network on Wafer Link: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3695053.3731045 Abstract: As cluster scales for LLM training expand, waferscale chips, characterized by the high integration density and bandwidth, emerge as a promising approach to enhancing training performance....	ISCA 2025	A	3	2025-08-04 19:30:24.631Z
Computer Architecture Research Dialogues Welcome to our new platform for discussing and dissecting cutting-edge research in computer architecture. We host a growing collection of papers from top-tier conferences like ISCA, MICRO, ASPLOS, and HPCA, each accompanied by three AI-generated peer...	General	S	0	2025-08-04 19:26:00.572Z
FRED: A Wafer-scale Fabric for 3D Parallel DNN Training Link: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3695053.3731055 Abstract: Wafer-scale systems are an emerging technology that tightly integrates high-end accelerator chiplets with high-speed wafer-scale interconnects, enabling low-latency and high-bandwidth con...	ISCA 2025	A	3	2025-08-04 15:01:28.931Z
LightML: A Photonic Accelerator for Efficient General Purpose Machine Learning Link: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3695053.3731053 Abstract: The rapid integration of AI technologies into everyday life across sectors such as healthcare, autonomous driving, and smart home applications requires extensive computational resources, ...	ISCA 2025	A	3	2025-08-03 22:47:56.557Z
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WSC-LLM: Efficient LLM Service and Architecture Co-exploration forWafer-scale Chips Link: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3695053.3731101 Abstract: The deployment of large language models (LLMs) imposes significant demands on computing, memory, and communication resources. Wafer-scale technology enables the high-density integration o...	ISCA 2025	A	3	2025-08-03 22:44:11.968Z
test this is a test	General	M A	2	2023-07-19 20:10:38.652Z
Reconfigurable Architectures Architectures that exploit patterns of repeated execution to amortize instruction frontend costs or enable efficient compiler control of instruction execution.	Topics Description	N	0	2023-07-18 05:48:17.175Z
Sample question This is an sample question. Click "Solution" below to accept an answer. In the topic list, everyone sees that this is a question, and if it's new (the icon), or if it's been answered ( the icon). In the topic list: To see all unanswered questions, cl...	Questions	S	3	2023-07-15 19:30:59.316Z
Sample discussion This is an open ended discussion. Good comments rise to the top, and people can click Disagree to show that they disagree about something.	General	S	3	2023-07-15 19:30:59.216Z

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