Rich just got back from the USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Parallelism (HotPar), where he presented the lab’s meta-analysis of the potential and limitations of GPU systems. Slides for the talk should soon appear on the HotPar’10 page if they are not there already.
The workshop itself was great fun! In particular, it had a uniquely lively atmosphere, with highly interactive talk sessions, a prominent and high-quality poster session, great lunch discussions, all at an amazing price! (To reduce cost, we stayed and “workshopped” on Berkeley’s Clark Kerr facilities. Lodging + all meals + registration was only about $600 or so. Amazing!)
As an added bonus, Rich accidentally missed his flight back to ATL and so took a minute to drop by the original Hewlett-Packard Garage, depicted above. It’s a great reminder of the kind of impact the HPC Garage hopes to have some day.

The *real* HP Garage