Bio


John L. Hennessy joined Stanford’s faculty in 1977 as an assistant professor of electrical engineering. He rose through the academic ranks to full professorship in 1986 and was the inaugural Willard R. and Inez Kerr Bell Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from 1987 to 2004.

From 1983 to 1993, Dr. Hennessy was director of the Computer Systems Laboratory, a research and teaching center operated by the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science that fosters research in computer systems design. He served as chair of computer science from 1994 to 1996 and, in 1996, was named dean of the School of Engineering. As dean, he launched a five-year plan that laid the groundwork for new activities in bioengineering and biomedical engineering. In 1999, he was named provost, the university’s chief academic and financial officer. As provost, he continued his efforts to foster interdisciplinary activities in the biosciences and bioengineering and oversaw improvements in faculty and staff compensation. In October 2000, he was inaugurated as Stanford University’s 10th president, a position he held until 2016. In 2016, he cofounded the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program, which provides scholarships and leadership development for a global community of scholars enrolled in graduate programs at Stanford. The program admitted it's first class in 2018 and will provide full scholarships for up to 100 100 students every year.

A pioneer in computer architecture, in 1981 Dr. Hennessy drew together researchers to focus on a computer architecture known as RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer), a technology that has revolutionized the computer industry by increasing performance while reducing costs. In addition to his role in the basic research, Dr. Hennessy helped transfer this technology to industry. In 1984, he cofounded MIPS Computer Systems, now MIPS Technologies, which designs microprocessors. In recent years, his research has focused on the architecture of high-performance computers.

Dr. Hennessy is a recipient of the 2000 IEEE John von Neumann Medal, the 2000 ASEE Benjamin Garver Lamme Award, the 2001 ACM Eckert-Mauchly Award, the 2001 Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award, a 2004 NEC C&C Prize for lifetime achievement in computer science and engineering, a 2005 Founders Award from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the 2012 IEEE Medal of Honor, IEEE's highest award. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences, and he is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

He has lectured and published widely and is the co-author of two internationally used undergraduate and graduate textbooks on computer architecture design. Dr. Hennessy earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Villanova University and his master’s and doctoral degrees in computer science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Academic Appointments


Administrative Appointments


  • Director, Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program, Stanford University (2016 - Present)
  • President, Stanford Unversity (2000 - 2016)
  • Provost, Stanford University (1999 - 2000)
  • Dean, School of Engineering, Stanford University (1996 - 1999)
  • Chairman, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University (1994 - 1996)
  • Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Stanford University (1986 - Present)

Honors & Awards


  • Turing Award, Association of Computing Machinery (2017)
  • Doctor Honris Causa, Mathematics, University of Waterloo (2012)
  • Medal of Honor (Highest award given by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), IEEE (2012)
  • Foreign Policy Association Medal and Honorary Fellow, Foreign Policy Association (2010)
  • Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award, Global Semiconductor Alliance (2010)
  • Spirit of Silicon Valley—Lifetime Achievement Award, Silicon Valley Leadership Group (2009)
  • Ulysses Medal, University College Dublin (2009)
  • Member, American Philosophical Society (2008)
  • Educational Activities Board Vice President Recognition Award, IEEE (2007)
  • Fellow, Computer History Museum (2007)
  • 100th Anniversary Medallion, College of Engineering, Villanova University (2005)
  • Founders Award, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2005)
  • Honorary Doctorate, University of Edinburgh (2005)
  • Honorary Doctor Degree, Peking University (2004)
  • Honorary Doctor of Engineering, University of Notre Dame (2004)
  • Koret Prize, Koret Foundation (2004)
  • Prize for lifetime achievement in computer science and engineering, NEC Computers and Communications (2004)
  • Docteur Honris Causa, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (2003)
  • Doctor Honris Causa, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (2002)
  • Member, National Academy of Sciences (2002)
  • Eckert-Mauchly Award, Association for Computing Machinery and IEEE Computer Society (2001)
  • Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Villanova University (2001)
  • Honorary Doctor of Science, State University of New York at Stony Brook (2001)
  • Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award, IEEE Computer Society (2001)
  • Benjamin Garver Lamme Award, American Society for Engineering Education (2000)
  • John Von Neumann Medal (jointly with D. Patterson), IEEE (2000)
  • Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery (1997)
  • J. Stanley Morehouse Memorial Award, Villanova University (1997)
  • Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1995)
  • Emannuel R. Piore Award, IEEE (1994)
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering (1992)
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award, State University of New York at Stony Brook (1991)
  • Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (1991)
  • Willard and Inez Kerr Bell Endowed Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Stanford University (1987)
  • Outstanding Service Award, Electrical Engineering Department, Stanford University (1986)
  • Presidential Young Investigator, National Science Foundation (1984)
  • John J. Gallen Memorial Award, Villanova University (1983)
  • Member, Tau Beta Pi (1973)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations


  • Board of Directors, Cisco Systems (2002 - 2017)
  • Board of Trustees, Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation (2012 - Present)
  • Board of Directors, Google (2004 - Present)
  • Technology Advisory Board, Microsoft Corporation (1992 - 1996)
  • Chairman, Board of Directors, Atheros (1998 - 2010)
  • Member, Committee on Research Universities, National Research Council (2010 - Present)
  • Co-chair, Committee on Scientific Communication and National Security, National Research Council (2007 - Present)
  • Member and Chair, NAE, Peer Selection Committee for Computer Science and Engineering (Chair 2000) (1996 - 2000)
  • Member, Committee to Study the Investment Strategy for DARPA, Defense Science Board (1998 - 1999)
  • Member, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council (1998 - 1999)
  • Chairman, Information Science and Technology (ISAT) Study, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (1994 - 1996)
  • Member, Advisory Committee for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, NSF (1992 - 1996)
  • Member, Fellowship Selection Committee, Sloan Foundation (1993 - 1996)
  • Member, Task Force on Future of Supercomputer Centers Program, National Science Foundation (1995 - 1995)
  • Member, Status and Direction of the High Performance Computing and Communications Initiative (Brooks-Sutherland Committee), National Research Council (1995 - 1995)
  • Member, Computer Science and Technology Board, National Research Council (1989 - 1994)
  • Member, Committee to Study Academic Careers for Experimental Computer Scientists, National Research Council (1992 - 1993)
  • Chair, Oversight Review of the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Institutional Infrastructure Program, National Science Foundation (1992 - 1992)
  • Member, Committee to Study International Developments in Computer Science and Technology, NRC (1988)
  • Academic Advisory Councils and Visiting Committees, College of Engineering, UC Berkeley; College of Engineering, Cornell University; Computer Science Department, Princeton University; School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Princeton University; NCIR, Dublin, Ireland
  • General Chair, Hot Chips Symposium (1999)
  • Program Committee Co-Chair, Hot Chips Symposium (1993)
  • Program Committee Member, Hot Chips Symposium (1991)
  • Program Chair, 20th International Conference on Computer Architecture (1993)
  • Program Chair, ASPLOS-III Conference (1988)
  • Member, Program Committee, 4th Annual ACM Symposium on Parallel Algorithms and Architectures (1992)
  • Co-Chair, Research in Experimental Computer Science (sponsored by Office of Naval Research) (1991)
  • Member, Program Committee, SOSP Conference (1991)
  • Member, Program Committee, ACM Sigmetrics Conference (1991)
  • Member, Program Committee, ISSMM (1991)
  • Member, Program Committee, Intl. Conference on Shared-Memory Multiprocessors (1990)
  • Member, Program Committee, Intl. Symposium on Computer Architecture (1999)
  • Member, Program Committee, Intl. Symposium on Computer Architecture (1995)
  • Member, Program Committee, Intl. Symposium on Computer Architecture (1990)
  • Member, Program Committee, Intl. Symposium on Computer Architecture (1987)
  • Member, Program Committee, Intl. Symposium on Computer Architecture (1986)
  • Member, Program Committee, ASPLOS-II Conference (1987)
  • Area Editor (Parallel Architecture), Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
  • Area Editor (Computer Architecture), Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery (1990 - 1995)
  • Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Microelectronic Systems (1992 - 1993)
  • Editor, Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery (1990 - 1993)
  • Editor, Journal of VLSI and Computer Systems (1982 - 1984)
  • Editor, IEEE Design and Test (1984 - 1986)
  • Associate Editor, IEEE MICRO (1981 - 1982)

Professional Education


  • Ph.D., S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook, Computer Science (1977)
  • M.S., S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook, Computer Science (1975)
  • B.E., Villanova University, Electrical Engineering (1973)

2023-24 Courses


Stanford Advisees


  • Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
    Sho Ko

All Publications


  • INTEGRATING SCALAR OPTIMIZATION AND PARALLELIZATION LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE Tjiang, S., Wolf, M., Lam, M., Pieper, K., Hennessy, J. 1992; 589: 137-151
  • ADVANCES IN COMPILER TECHNOLOGY ANNUAL REVIEW OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Hennessy, J., Ganapathi, M. 1986; 1: 83-106
  • TOMAL: A Task-Oriented Microprocessor Applications Language IEEE Transactions IECI Hennessy, J., L., Kieburtz, R., B., Smith, D., R. 1975; 8 (22): 283-289
  • On the Spectre and Meltdown Processor Security Vulnerabilities IEEE MICRO Hill, M. D., Masters, J., Ranganathan, P., Turner, P., Hennessy, J. L. 2019; 39 (2): 9–19
  • A New Golden Age for Computer Architecture COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM Hennessy, J. L., Patterson, D. A. 2019; 62 (2): 48–60

    View details for DOI 10.1145/3282307

    View details for Web of Science ID 000457160600021

  • Q&A Grooming the Leaders of Tomorrow COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM Hoffmann, L., Hennessy, J. 2017; 60 (12): 112–11

    View details for DOI 10.1145/3148854

    View details for Web of Science ID 000417206400023

  • A Retrospective on "MIPS: A Microprocessor Architecture" IEEE MICRO Gross, T. R., Jouppi, N. P., Hennessy, J. L., Przybylski, S., Rowen, C. 2016; 36 (4): 73–76
  • Parallel Processors from Client to Cloud COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND DESIGN: THE HARDWARE/SOFTWARE INTERFACE, 5TH EDITION Patterson, D. A., Hennessy, J. L., Patterson, D., Hennessy, J. 2014: 500–575
  • Computer Abstractions and Technology COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND DESIGN: THE HARDWARE/SOFTWARE INTERFACE, 5TH EDITION Patterson, D. A., Hennessy, J. L., Patterson, D., Hennessy, J. 2014: 2–59
  • Large and Fast: Exploiting Memory Hierarchy COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND DESIGN: THE HARDWARE/SOFTWARE INTERFACE, 5TH EDITION Patterson, D. A., Hennessy, J. L., Patterson, D., Hennessy, J. 2014: 372–498
  • Arithmetic for Computers COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND DESIGN: THE HARDWARE/SOFTWARE INTERFACE, 5TH EDITION Patterson, D. A., Hennessy, J. L., Patterson, D., Hennessy, J. 2014: 176–241
  • The Processor COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND DESIGN: THE HARDWARE/SOFTWARE INTERFACE, 5TH EDITION Patterson, D. A., Hennessy, J. L., Patterson, D., Hennessy, J. 2014: 242–370
  • Instructions: Language of the Computer COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND DESIGN: THE HARDWARE/SOFTWARE INTERFACE, 5TH EDITION Patterson, D. A., Hennessy, J. L., Patterson, D., Hennessy, J. 2014: 60–174
  • The Basics of Logic Design COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND DESIGN: THE HARDWARE/SOFTWARE INTERFACE, 5TH EDITION Patterson, D. A., Hennessy, J. L., Patterson, D., Hennessy, J. 2014: B2–B87
  • Assemblers, Linkers, and the SPIM Simulator COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND DESIGN: THE HARDWARE/SOFTWARE INTERFACE, 5TH EDITION Patterson, D. A., Hennessy, J. L., Patterson, D., Hennessy, J. 2014: A2–A83
  • 2020 visions NATURE Norvig, P., Relman, D. A., Goldstein, D. B., Kammen, D. M., Weinberger, D. R., Aiello, L. C., Church, G., Hennessy, J. L., Sachs, J., Burrows, A., Pisano, G. P., Goldstein, J. R., Anastas, P., Klausner, R., Baltimore, D., Montgomery, D. R., Baer, T. M., Bigelow, N. P., Holt, R. D., Nicholson, J. K. 2010; 463 (7277): 26-32

    View details for DOI 10.1038/463026a

    View details for Web of Science ID 000273344900016

    View details for PubMedID 20054379

  • Register allocation by priority-based coloring ACM SIGPLAN NOTICES Chow, F., Hennessy, J. 2004; 39 (4): 91-92
  • Register allocation by priority-based coloring ACM SIGPLAN NOTICES Chow, F., Hennessy, J. 2004; 39 (4): 93-103
  • Latency, occupancy, and bandwidth in DSM multiprocessors: A performance evaluation IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTERS Chaudhuri, M., Heinrich, M., Holt, C., Singh, J. P., Rothberg, E., Hennessy, J. 2003; 52 (7): 862-880
  • FLASH vs. (Simulated) FLASH: Closing the simulation loop 9th International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS_IX) Gibson, J., Kunz, R., Ofelt, D., Horowitz, M., Hennessy, J., Heinrich, M. ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 2000: 49–58
  • Efficient performance prediction for modern microprocessors International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems (ACM SIGMETRICS 2000) Ofelt, D., HENNESSY, J. L. ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 2000: 229–39
  • The future of systems research COMPUTER Hennessy, J. 1999; 32 (8): 27-?
  • Cache-coherent distributed shared memory: Perspectives on its development and future challenges PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE Hennessy, J., Heinrich, M., Gupta, A. 1999; 87 (3): 418-429
  • A quantitative analysis of the performance and scalability of distributed shared memory cache coherence protocols IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTERS Heinrich, M., Soundararajan, V., Hennessy, J., Gupta, A. 1999; 48 (2): 205-217
  • Flexible use of memory for replication/migration in cache-coherent DSM multiprocessors 25th Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA 98) Soundararajan, V., Heinrich, M., Verghese, B., Gharachorloo, K., Gupta, A., Hennessy, J. IEEE COMPUTER SOC. 1998: 342–355
  • A nationwide parallel computing environment COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM Kennedy, K., Bender, C. F., CONNOLLY, J. W., HENNESSY, J. L., Vernon, M. K., Smarr, L. 1997; 40 (11): 62-72
  • Hardware/software co-design of the Stanford FLASH multiprocessor PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE Heinrich, M., Ofelt, D., Horowitz, M. A., Hennessy, J. 1997; 85 (3): 455-466
  • An evaluation of a commercial CC-NUMA architecture - The CONVEX exemplar SPP1200 11th International Parallel Processing Symposium (IPPS 97) THEKKATH, R., SINGH, A. P., Singh, J. P., John, S., Hennessy, J. IEEE COMPUTER SOC. 1997: 8–17
  • RISC microprocessors IEEE MICRO Hennessy, J. 1996; 16 (6): 27-27
  • SoftFLASH: Analyzing the performance of clustered distributed virtual shared memory 7th International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS-VII) Erlichson, A., Nuckolls, N., Chesson, G., Hennessy, J. ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 1996: 210–20
  • Application and architectural bottlenecks in large scale distributed shared memory machines 23rd Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture Holt, C., Singh, J. P., Hennessy, J. ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 1996: 134–145
  • Hardware software co-design of processors: Concepts and examples NATO Advanced Study Institute on Hardware/Software Co-Design Hennessy, J., Heinrich, M. SPRINGER. 1996: 29–44
  • LOAD BALANCING AND DATA LOCALITY IN ADAPTIVE HIERARCHICAL N-BODY METHODS - BARNES-HUT, FAST MULTIPOLE, AND RADIOSITY JOURNAL OF PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING Singh, J. P., Holt, C., Totsuka, T., Gupta, A., Hennessy, J. 1995; 27 (2): 118-141
  • IMPLICATIONS OF HIERARCHICAL N-BODY METHODS FOR MULTIPROCESSOR ARCHITECTURES ACM TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTER SYSTEMS Singh, J. P., HENNESSY, J. L., Gupta, A. 1995; 13 (2): 141-202
  • EFFECTIVENESS OF DATA DEPENDENCE ANALYSIS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PARALLEL PROGRAMMING Maydan, D. E., HENNESSY, J. L., Lam, M. S. 1995; 23 (1): 63-81
  • Hardware/Software Codesign of Processor Concepts and Examples Hennessy, J., L., Heinrich, M. 1995
  • SUIF - AN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RESEARCH ON PARALLELIZING AND OPTIMIZING COMPILERS SIGPLAN NOTICES Wilson, R. P., French, R. S., Wilson, C. S., AMARASINGHE, S. P., Anderson, J. M., TJIANG, S. W., Liao, S. W., Tseng, C. W., Hall, M. W., Lam, M. S., HENNESSY, J. L. 1994; 29 (12): 31-37
  • THE PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGES OF INTEGRATING BLOCK DATA TRANSFER IN CACHE-COHERENT MULTIPROCESSORS 6th International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems Woo, S. C., Singh, J. P., HENNESSY, J. L. ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 1994: 219–29
  • THE PERFORMANCE IMPACT OF FLEXIBILITY IN THE STANFORD FLASH MULTIPROCESSOR 6th International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems Heinrich, M., KUSKIN, J., Ofelt, D., Heinlein, J., Baxter, J., Singh, J. P., Simoni, R., Gharachorloo, K., NAKAHIRA, D., Horowitz, M., Gupta, A., Rosenblum, M., Hennessy, J. ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 1994: 274–85
  • COOL - AN OBJECT-BASED LANGUAGE FOR PARALLEL PROGRAMMING COMPUTER Chandra, R., Gupta, A., HENNESSY, J. L. 1994; 27 (8): 13-26
  • FALSE SHARING AND SPATIAL LOCALITY IN MULTIPROCESSOR CACHES IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTERS Torrellas, J., Lam, M. S., HENNESSY, J. L. 1994; 43 (6): 651-663
  • THE STANFORD FLASH MULTIPROCESSOR 21st Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture KUSKIN, J., Ofelt, D., Heinrich, M., Heinlein, J., Simoni, R., Gharachorloo, K., Chapin, J., NAKAHIRA, D., Baxter, J., Horowitz, M., Gupta, A., Rosenblum, M., Hennessy, J. I E E E, COMPUTER SOC PRESS. 1994: 302–313
  • Integrating Concurrency and Data Abstraction in the COOL Programming Language. IEEE Computer. Chandra, R., Gupta, A., Hennessy, J., L. 1994
  • EVALUATING THE MEMORY OVERHEAD REQUIRED FOR COMA ARCHITECTURES 21st Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture Joe, T., HENNESSY, J. L. I E E E, COMPUTER SOC PRESS. 1994: 82–93
  • COMPILE-TIME COPY ELIMINATION SOFTWARE-PRACTICE & EXPERIENCE SCHNORF, P., Ganapathi, M., HENNESSY, J. L. 1993; 23 (11): 1175-1200
  • MICROPROCESSORS - FROM DESKTOPS TO SUPERCOMPUTERS SCIENCE Baskett, F., HENNESSY, J. L. 1993; 261 (5123): 864-871

    Abstract

    Continuing improvements in integrated circuit technology and computer architecture have driven microprocessors to performance levels that rival those of supercomputers-at a fraction of the price. The use of sophisticated memory hierarchies enables microprocessor-based machines to have very large memories built from commodity dynamic random access memory while retaining the high bandwidth and low access time needed in a high-performance machine. Parallel processors composed of these high-performance microprocessors are becoming the supercomputing technology of choice for scientific and engineering applications. The challenges for these new supercomputers have been in developing multiprocessor architectures that are easy to program and that deliver high performance without extraordinary programming efforts by users. Recent progress in multiprocessor architecture has led to ways to meet these challenges.

    View details for Web of Science ID A1993LR89700026

    View details for PubMedID 17783732

  • DATA LOCALITY AND LOAD BALANCING IN COOL 4TH SYMP ON PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF PARALLEL PROGRAMMING ( PPOPP ) Chandra, R., Gupta, A., HENNESSY, J. L. ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 1993: 249–59
  • SCALING PARALLEL PROGRAMS FOR MULTIPROCESSORS - METHODOLOGY AND EXAMPLES COMPUTER Singh, J. P., HENNESSY, J. L., Gupta, A. 1993; 26 (7): 42-50
  • MTOOL - AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR PERFORMANCE DEBUGGING SHARED MEMORY MULTIPROCESSOR APPLICATIONS IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS Goldberg, A. J., HENNESSY, J. L. 1993; 4 (1): 28-40
  • The Accuracy of Trace-Driven Simulations of Multiprocessors Goldschmidt, S., R., Hennessy, J., L. 1993
  • A PARALLEL ADAPTIVE FAST MULTIPOLE METHOD Supercomputing 93 Conference Singh, J. P., Holt, C., HENNESSY, J. L., Gupta, A. I E E E, COMPUTER SOC PRESS. 1993: 54–65
  • THE DASH PROTOTYPE - LOGIC OVERHEAD AND PERFORMANCE IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS Lenoski, D., LAUDON, J., Joe, T., NAKAHIRA, D., Stevens, L., Gupta, A., Hennessy, J. 1993; 4 (1): 41-61
  • AN EMPIRICAL-COMPARISON OF THE KENDALL SQUARE RESEARCH KSR-1 AND STANFORD DASH MULTIPROCESSORS Supercomputing 93 Conference Singh, J. P., Joe, T., Gupta, A., HENNESSY, J. L. I E E E, COMPUTER SOC PRESS. 1993: 214–225
  • CHARACTERIZING THE CACHING AND SYNCHRONIZATION PERFORMANCE OF A MULTIPROCESSOR OPERATING SYSTEM SIGPLAN NOTICES Torrellas, J., Gupta, A., Hennessy, J. 1992; 27 (9): 162-174
  • PROGRAMMING FOR DIFFERENT MEMORY CONSISTENCY MODELS JOURNAL OF PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING Gharachorloo, K., Adve, S. V., Gupta, A., HENNESSY, J. L., Hill, M. D. 1992; 15 (4): 399-407
  • SHARLIT - A TOOL FOR BUILDING OPTIMIZERS CONF ON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION ( ACM SIGPLAN 92 ) TJIANG, S. W., HENNESSY, J. L. ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 1992: 82–93
  • FINDING AND EXPLOITING PARALLELISM IN AN OCEAN SIMULATION PROGRAM - EXPERIENCE, RESULTS, AND IMPLICATIONS JOURNAL OF PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING Singh, J. P., HENNESSY, J. L. 1992; 15 (1): 27-48
  • THE STANFORD DASH MULTIPROCESSOR COMPUTER Lenoski, D., LAUDON, J., Gharachorloo, K., Weber, W. D., Gupta, A., Hennessy, J., Horowitz, M., Lam, M. S. 1992; 25 (3): 63-79
  • THE DASH PROTOTYPE - IMPLEMENTATION AND PERFORMANCE 19TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SYMP ON COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE Lenoski, D., LAUDON, J., Joe, T., NAKAHIRA, D., Stevens, L., Gupta, A., Hennessy, J. ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 1992: 92–103
  • Integrating Scalar Optimization and Parallelization. Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing. Tjiang, S., Wolf, M., Lam, M., Pieper, K., Hennessy, J. edited by Banerjee Springer-Verlag. New York.. 1992: 1
  • HIDING MEMORY LATENCY USING DYNAMIC SCHEDULING IN SHARED-MEMORY MULTIPROCESSORS 19TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SYMP ON COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE Gharachorloo, K., Gupta, A., Hennessy, J. ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 1992: 22–33
  • Integrating Concurrency and Data Abstraction in a Parallel Programming Language Chandra, R., Gupta, A., Hennessy, J., L. 1992
  • Implications of Hierarchical N-body Techniques for Multiprocessor Architecture Singh, J., P., Hennessy, J., L., Gupta, A. 1992
  • A Parallel Adaptive Fast Multipole Method, SIAM Singh, J., Holt, C., Gupta, A., Hennessy, J. 1992
  • OVERVIEW AND STATUS OF THE STANFORD DASH MULTIPROCESSOR INTERNATIONAL SYMP ON SHARED MEMORY MULTIPROCESSING Lenoski, D., LAUDON, J., Gharachorloo, K., Weber, W. D., Gupta, A., Hennessy, J. M I T PRESS. 1992: 391–406
  • INTEGRATING SCALAR OPTIMIZATION AND PARALLELIZATION 4TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON LANGUAGES AND COMPILERS FOR PARALLEL COMPUTING Tjiang, S., Wolf, M., Lam, M., Pieper, K., Hennessy, J. SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN. 1992: 137–151
  • COMPUTER-TECHNOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURE - AN EVOLVING INTERACTION COMPUTER HENNESSY, J. L., Jouppi, N. P. 1991; 24 (9): 18-29
  • EFFICIENT AND EXACT DATA DEPENDENCE ANALYSIS CONF ON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE : DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION Maydan, D. E., HENNESSY, J. L., Lam, M. S. ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 1991: 1–14
  • PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF MEMORY CONSISTENCY MODELS FOR SHARED-MEMORY MULTIPROCESSORS 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONF ON ARCHITECTURAL SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND OPERATING SYSTEMS Gharachorloo, K., Gupta, A., Hennessy, J. ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 1991: 245–57
  • Performance Debugging Shared Memory Multiprocessor Programs with MTOOL Supercomputing 91, Albuquerque, NM. Goldberg, A., Hennessy, J. 1991
  • MTOOL - A METHOD FOR ISOLATING MEMORY BOTTLENECKS IN SHARED MEMORY MULTIPROCESSOR PROGRAMS INTERNATIONAL CONF ON PARALLEL PROCESSING Goldberg, A., Hennessy, J. CRC PRESS INC. 1991: 251–257
  • PERFORMANCE DEBUGGING SHARED MEMORY MULTIPROCESSOR PROGRAMS WITH MTOOL 4TH ANNUAL CONF ON HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING ( SUPERCOMPUTING 91 ) Goldberg, A. J., HENNESSY, J. L. I E E E, COMPUTER SOC PRESS. 1991: 481–490
  • 2 TECHNIQUES TO ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE OF MEMORY CONSISTENCY MODELS INTERNATIONAL CONF ON PARALLEL PROCESSING Gharachorloo, K., Gupta, A., Hennessy, J. CRC PRESS INC. 1991: I355–I364
  • Two Techniques to Enhance the Performance of Memory Consistency Models Gharachorloo, K., Gupta, A., Hennessy, J. 1991
  • MTOOL: A Method for Isolating Memory Bottlenecks in Shared Memory Multiprocessor Programs Goldberg, A., Hennessy, J. 1991
  • Data Locality and Memory System Performance in the Parallel Simulation of Ocean Eddy Currents. Singh, J., P., Hennessy, J., L 1991
  • Data Locality and Cache Performance in the Parallel Simulation of Ocean Eddy Currents Singh, J., P., Hennessy, J., L. 1991
  • Comparative Evaluation of Latency Reducing and Tolerating Techniques Gupta, A., Hennessy, J., Gharachorloo, K., Mowry, T., Weber, W.-D. 1991
  • COMPARATIVE-EVALUATION OF LATENCY REDUCING AND TOLERATING TECHNIQUES 18TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SYMP ON COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE Gupta, A., Hennessy, J., Gharachorloo, K., MOWRY, T., Weber, W. D. ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 1991: 254–263
  • An Empirical Investigation of the Effectiveness and Limitations of Automatic Parallelization Singh, J., P., Hennessy, J. 1991
  • Multiprocessor Simulation and Tracing Using Tango Davis, H., Goldschmidt, S., R., Hennessy, J. 1991
  • THE PRIORITY-BASED COLORING APPROACH TO REGISTER ALLOCATION ACM TRANSACTIONS ON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND SYSTEMS Chow, F. C., HENNESSY, J. L. 1990; 12 (4): 501-536
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  • SMALL SHARED-MEMORY MULTIPROCESSORS SCIENCE Baskett, F., HENNESSY, J. L. 1986; 231 (4741): 963-967

    Abstract

    Multiprocessors built from today's microprocessors are economically attractive. Although we can use these multiprocessors for time-sharing applications, it would be preferable to use them as true parallel processors. One key to achieving efficient parallel processing is to match the communications capabilities of the multiprocessor to the communications needs of the problem. The other key is improved parallel programming systems. If these are achieved, then efficient parallel processing can be approached from both ends by providing more communications capability in the hardware and restructuring the problem to reduce the communications requirements.

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