July 2012 - Vol. 55 No. 7

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Features

Opinion Letters to the Editor

An Integral Number and Its Consequences

Pondering Moshe Y. Vardi's "What Is an Algorithm?" (Mar. 2012), one should consider that in its most abstract and tangible form an algorithm is simply an integral number and that an interpretation of an algorithm as an abstract state machine reflects this truth.
Research and Advances Research highlights

Looking Back and Looking Forward: Power, Performance, and Upheaval

The past 10 years have delivered two significant revolutions. Microprocessor design has been transformed — leading to multicore processors. And an entirely new software landscape has emerged — revolutionizing how software is deployed, is sold, and interacts with hardware.  

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