Opportunities: (not so) New HW Features HTM: Hardware Transaction Memory n Allow a group of load& store instructions to execute in an atomic, consistent and isolated (ACl)way RDMA: Remote Direct Memory Access n Provide cross-machine accesses with high speed, low latency and low CPU overhead Rethink the design of low-COST scalable in-memory transaction systems5 RDMA: Remote Direct Memory Access □ Provide cross-machine accesses with high speed, low latency and low CPU overhead Rethink the design of low-COST scalable in-memory transaction systems Opportunities: (not so) New HW Features HTM: Hardware Transaction Memory □ Allow a group of load & store instructions to execute in an atomic, consistent and isolated (ACI) way