New Computer Evaluation Metrics for a Changing World

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Amin Vahdat, Xiaoyu Ma, David Patterson

Published: 01 Sept 2024, Last Modified: 07 May 2026Communications of the ACM, 2024EveryoneCC BY 4.0
Abstract: To find a path to grow AI and cloud computing efficiently and responsibly, we need new metrics. Computing systems should be measured on their use of available power and on their carbon footprint.