26Jun Intel’s Mukherjee Wins ACM Award for Advancing Reliability of Computer Architecture Design
ACM’s Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture presented Shubu Mukherjee with its 2009 Maurice Wilkes Award on June 23 during the International Symposium on Computer Architecture in Austin, Texas. The annual Maurice Wilkes Award was created to honor individuals who have made significant achievements in computer architecture. Mukherjee, an Intel principal engineer and director of the company’s Simulations and Pathfinding for Efficient and Reliable Systems Group, has helped make microprocessors and other silicon chips more reliable by introducing a method of computing soft error rate (SER) that identifies prime candidates for error protection. The technique also makes it easier for chipmakers to determine whether structures need protection to maintain reliability. Mukherjee’s work cleared the way for cost-effective solutions for weighing a processor’s SER against performance, power, and area. The award comes with a $2,500 prize.
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