Sally McKee, who coined the term "the memory wall", has died

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deater•about 3 hours ago

There are probably so many stories out there of interesting things she did. A few are breifly referenced at her old website here: https://web.archive.org/web/20060116130917/http://www.csl.co...

DespairYeMighty•about 3 hours ago

She was a CS PhD and somewhat itinerant professor with a long career who wrote a prominent CS paper about computer memory, Hitting the Memory Wall: Implications of the Obvious

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/216585.216588

on her obituary page, you will see a prominent "Memory Wall" link that is NOT a reference to her paper, but a place for sharing your thoughts about her life

deater•about 3 hours ago

you wouldn't believe how many people cite that paper as "Wulf et al." when that's practically more characters than saying "Wulf and McKee"

I notice these things a bit more as she was my PhD thesis advisor

marricks•about 1 hour ago

There's only two authors! That's so rude!

b473a•8 minutes ago

Yeah tenure is nice but there's just a hint of mystery behind the title "itinerant professor." Like a wizard that just pops up in places to work computer science magic.

akkartik•about 3 hours ago

My dissertation was on the memory wall, and I never heard of her :/ RIP

AnimalMuppet•about 1 hour ago

Could you (or someone else in the know) give us a brief overview of the current state of the memory wall issue?

Sally McKee, who coined the term "the memory wall", has died

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