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Computer Architecture Laboratory<\/h1>

Designing faster, smarter and more energy-efficient processors, memory systems and AI hardware at the University of Rhode Island.<\/p>Explore our research<\/a><\/div><\/div>

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The URI Computer Architecture Laboratory, directed by Professor Resit Sendag<\/a>, studies how computers execute programs \u2014 and investigates ways to make them run faster and use less energy. Since 2005, the lab has combined rigorous simulation and workload characterization with hands-on FPGA and GPU prototyping. Our work spans branch prediction and prefetching inside a single CPU core, multicore and heterogeneous systems, hardware accelerators for AI, and generative-AI tools that help students and engineers work smarter.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Processor Microarchitecture<\/h2>

Branch prediction, speculative and wrong-path execution, and out-of-order core design.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Memory Systems<\/h2>

Cache and memory hierarchies, data prefetching, memory scheduling, and non-volatile memories.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Accelerators & Parallel Computing<\/h2>

Multicore, FPGA and GPU computing, application-specific hardware, and AI accelerators.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Workload Characterization<\/h2>

Program patterns and regularities, benchmark subsetting, and rigorous simulation methodology.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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AI Hardware & Security<\/h2>

Hardware for large language models, energy-efficient AI agents, and ML security.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Generative AI Tools<\/h2>

LLM-driven optimization, AI agents for hardware design, and chatbots for education.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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