ACM SIGARCH

{{Short description|ACM's Special Interest Group on computer architecture}}

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|name=Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture (ACM SIGARCH)

|founded_date={{start date and age|1971|8}}

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|area_served=International

|focus=Computer architecture

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|former name=SICARCH

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ACM SIGARCH is the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on computer architecture, a community of computer professionals and students from academia and industry involved in research and professional practice related to computer architecture and design.{{cite web|title=SIGARCH|url=https://www.sigarch.org/|website=ACM SIGARCH|publisher=Association for Computing Machinery|accessdate=3 June 2017}} The organization sponsors many prestigious international conferences in this area, including the International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA), recognized as the top conference in this area since 1975.{{cite web|title=Acceptance rates in my top conferences|url=https://engineering.purdue.edu/~vijay/papers/acceptance.html|website=Purdue Engineering|publisher=Purdue University|accessdate=4 June 2017}} Together with IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee on Computer Architecture (TCCA), it is one of the two main professional organizations for people working in computer architecture.{{cite web|title=The ACM/IEEE ISCA 2015|url=https://www.ece.cmu.edu/calcm/isca2015/|website=Electrical & Computer Engineering|publisher=Carnegie Mellon University|accessdate=4 June 2017}}

ACM SIGARCH was formed in August 1971, initially as a Special Interest Committee (a precursor to a SIG), with Michael J. Flynn as the founding chairman.{{Cite journal|date=January 1972|title=SICARCH Formed|url=http://portalparts.acm.org/650000/641647/fm/frontmatter.pdf|journal=Computer Architecture News|volume=1|pages=1}}{{cite journal|last1=Foster|first1=C. C.|title=Computer Architecture|journal=Computer|date=1972|volume=5|issue=2|pages=18–19|doi=10.1109/C-M.1972.216888|issn=0018-9162}} Flynn was also the founding chairman of IEEE Computer Society's TCCA{{Cite web|url=https://www.computer.org/web/awards/eckert-michael-flynn|title=Michael J. Flynn • IEEE Computer Society|website=www.computer.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-04}} and encouraged from the beginning, joint cooperation between the two groups.{{Cite journal|date=January 1972|title=Chairman's Report|url=http://portalparts.acm.org/650000/641647/fm/frontmatter.pdf|journal=Computer Architecture News|volume=1|pages=2}} Many of the joint symposiums and conferences are the leading events in the field.{{Cite web|url=http://lipn.univ-paris13.fr/~bennani/CSRank.html|title=Computer Science Conference Rank|website=lipn.univ-paris13.fr|language=en|access-date=2017-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604065539/http://lipn.univ-paris13.fr/~bennani/CSRank.html|archive-date=2017-06-04|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://portal.core.edu.au/conf-ranks/?search=A*&by=all&source=CORE2018&sort=atitle&page=1|title=CORE Conference Portal: A* conferences}}