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The goal of a computer system is to run an application workload securely, reliably, efficiently, and fast. A computer’s hardware architecture and operating system exist to support this goal, and it would be nice if they cooperated as effectively as possible. Yet there is a growing gap between architectural research and OS research, which seems to be the result of poor communication about what actually matters.<\/p>\n

In this paper, we discuss this gap and what to do about it. We illustrate the opportunities for closing the gap using examples from some recent OS research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The goal of a computer system is to run an application workload securely, reliably, efficiently, and fast. A computer’s hardware architecture and operating system exist to support this goal, and it would be nice if they cooperated as effectively as possible. 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