Computer Architecture '98: Proceedings of the 3rd Australasian Computer Architecture Conference - ACAC'98, Perth, 2-3 February 1998

The third in the series of the Australasian Computer Architecture Conferences, ACAC98 was held in Perth, Australia, on the 2nd & 3rd of February 1998. This years submissions saw papers coming from Australia, Austria, China, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Portugal, Singapore, Taiwan, and the United States, all presenting both novel as well as conventional architectural ideas. The 20 papers presented in this volume also cover the vital area of connection between processors - from geographically separated to closely coupled systems.