Welcome Remarks Ravi Rajwar Workshop on Transactional Memory Systems Chicago, April 8, 2005

2 Goals of the workshop How to make transactions a reality? –MT software usage models –MT software expectations and requirements –interfaces Start a dialogue –h/w community informs s/w community –s/w community tells h/w community Understand the issues –agree on issues and problems –controversy is good and encouraged

3 NOT the focus of this workshop My h/w can beat up your h/w My s/w can beat up your s/w My s/w can beat up your h/w My h/w can beat up your s/w

4 Format 10 minute talks STRICTLY enforced –un-interrupted, keep questions for discussion Discussions are CRITICAL –encourage all to participate –session chairs will control “rat holes” –includes dedicated session continue discussions from earlier sessions other participant issues –Fill up sheet…

5 Participant profiles Total: 35 –Affiliation (16 institutions/companies) Industry: 16 Academia: 19 –Area Architecture reps: 12 Software: 18 Systems:3 Formal: 2 –3 Jims, 3 Marks, 2 Davids

6 Agenda 07:30 to 08:00 BREAKFAST 08:00 to 08:15 Welcome Remarks 08:15 to 08:45 Hardware Transactions Overview 08:45 to 09:45 Software with Transactions 09:45 to 10:00 BREAK 10:00 to 11:00 Software Transactional Abstractions 11:00 to 12:00 Software Transactional Methods 12:00 to 12:30 BOXED LUNCH 12:30 to 13:30 Transactions and Operating Systems/Other issues 13:30 to 14:30 Open Discussion on Potpourri Issues 14:30 to 14:45 BREAK 14:45 to 15:45 "WHAT IS THE S/W RESEARCH AGENDA?" 15:45 to 16:30 Where do we go from here?