⏱ 1 min 30 read
Background
Microarchitecture is the internal design of processors and their memory systems. It determines the speed and energy efficiency of chips, from smartphones to the servers that run artificial intelligence. Each year, the IEEE Computer Society presents the B. Ramakrishna Rau Award for major innovations in this field.
The key points
Professor Babak Falsafi, of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), receives the 2026 B. Ramakrishna Rau Award from the IEEE Computer Society. He heads the Parallel Systems Architecture Laboratory.
The award recognises more than 30 years of research. His work has been adopted in x86 servers, IBM BlueGene supercomputers and ARM cores. He is also the founding director of EcoCloud, an EPFL consortium studying sustainable technologies for the cloud and data centres.
Key figures
- More than 30 years of career recognised
What it means for businesses
- IT industry : energy-efficient server designs from EcoCloud laid the foundations for Cavium’s first Arm ThunderX processors, according to EPFL
Further reading
Sources
Let’s share Romandy’s news
We build the news together.
An idea, an opinion, a wish, a detail to add? Tell us!
