DataScalar's failed 90s memory-centric architecture looks prescient in the AI era
lauriewired · x · 2026-10-02
Security researcher lauriewired shares the old DataScalar paper from the late 90s, calling it fun to revisit nearly 30 years later.
- DataScalar built a memory-centric execution model: trading redundant threads for reduced data movement, opposite to today's multithreading mindset
- The author argues some of the best CS ideas hide in failed late-90s research, and DataScalar would have thrived today
- Paper link included
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