Computation Structures Group
Making data centers more energy efficient
Flash-memory system could reduce power consumption of data center “caches” by 90 percent.
Using Bitcoin to prevent identity theft
System piggybacks on the digital currency’s security protocols to thwart hijacked servers.
How to stay anonymous online
Network can protect users’ anonymity if all but one of its servers are compromised.
First new cache-coherence mechanism in 30 years
More efficient memory-management scheme could help enable chips with thousands of cores.
Shoring up Tor
Researchers mount successful attacks against popular anonymity network — and show how to prevent them.
Cutting cost and power consumption for big data
New network design exploits cheap, power-efficient flash memory without sacrificing speed.
Cloud security reaches silicon
System for defending against memory-access attacks implemented in chips.