Guest Editors' Introduction: Micro's Top Picks from the Microarchitecture Conferences

The guest editors introduce this special issue showcasing Micro's Top Picks from the Microarchitecture Conferences of 2006. They describe the issue's intensive submission and selection process. The articles focus on the design of resilient computing systems, the architecture of multicore systems, performance evaluation techniques, general-purpose processors, and a programmable architecture for wireless protocols.