The 8 NSF Point Designs

Relatively Conventional but still Innovative!
- Andrew Chien et al. (Illinois) Reconfiguarable MORPH Architecture
- Torrellas, Padua (Illinois) Aggressive Cache-Only Memory Architecture Multiprocessor (I-Acoma)
- Ziavras et al. (NJIT, Wayne State) Optical Interconnect with Conventional Processors and Memory
- Kumar and Sameh (Minnesota) Focus on Algorithms for Hybrid Systems (Clusters of clusters of deep memory hierarchies)
- Fortes and Taylor(Purdue/Northwestern)Application focus on using Hierarchical Processors and Memory Architecture
Special Purpose Systems
- McMillan, Hut et al. (Drexel, Princeton, Tokyo, Illinois) Special Purpose GRAPE System for N body Problems
Architecture Innovation (Perhaps Special Purpose)
- Kogge et al. (Notre Dame) Processor in Memory (PIM) Technology Point Design
Radical Technology Innovation (Superconducting Processors)
- Sterling et al. (Caltech, SUNY-SB,McGill) HTMT: Hybrid Technology Multi-Threaded Architecture