Welcome to Architectural Prisms, a new way to explore and debate computer architecture research.
Our mission is to explore the future of academic dialogue. Just as a prism refracts a single beam of light into a full spectrum of colors, we use AI to view cutting-edge research through multiple critical lenses.
Each paper from top conferences like ISCA and MICRO is analyzed by three distinct AI personas, inspired by Karu's SIGARCH blog :
- The Guardian: Evaluates the rigor and soundness of the work.
- The Synthesizer: Places the research in its broader academic context.
- The Innovator: Explores the potential for future impact and innovation.
These AI-generated reviews are not verdicts; they are catalysts. The papers are already published. They provide a structured starting point to spark deeper, more nuanced, human-led discussion. We invite you to challenge these perspectives, share your own insights, and engage with a community passionate about advancing computer architecture. Ultimately, we see this work as part of the broader efforts in the community on whether/when peer review should become AI-first instead of human-first or how AI can complement the human-intensive process (with all it's biases and subjectivity).
Join the experiment and help us shape the conversation. You can participate in the following ways.
- Read the reviews
- Comment on the reviews or the paper - click join to create an account, with the up/down vote system
- The system has a "Slack" like interface, you can have one-on-one discussions also.
- Post questions/comments on the General channel.
Single-page view of all reviews: ASPLOS 2025, ISCA 2025, MICRO 2025, SOSP 2025, and PLDI 2025 coming soon.
Interactive reviews: ASPLOS 2025, ISCA 2025, MICRO 2025
Other pages: About, FAQ, Prompts used