Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122 J a n u a r y 21, 1989 To the members of SigMicro: I have been asked by the Newsletter Editor, Vicki Allan, if I wanted to c o m m e n t on Micro 21. I guess I'd much rather hear w h a t others have to say. On the other hand, I do want to report that it was a privilege to take my turn as your Workshop Chairman, and I wish Gerry and others success in the years ahead with Micro n, as we continue to increase n. As I did at the Workshop itself, I want to again express my thanks to Rich Belgard and Wen-mei H w u for taking on such a large part of the job. In the case of Rich, it was yet another Micro n t h a t he p u t his own personal good s t a m p on. In the case of Wen- mei, it was the kind of thorough first rate j o b that I have be- come used to seeing him do. I eagerly look forward to the Micro n Workshop t h a t we convince him to lead as General Chairman. For those of you concerned a b o u t such things, we made a bunch of money, enough to subsidize mailing the Proceedings to the SigMI- C R O membership and still report a substantial profit to our co- sponsors, I E E E and ACM. Now, we look forward to Micro 22. organizing it in Dublin. Gerry Johnson has carved out an exciting first for us in The in- terest in Microprogramming and Microarchitecture in general and the quality of the technical interaction at the Workshop in par- ticular continue to grow. In addition, the wonder of the coun- try, from Galway to Donegal to the Antrim coast, is not to be missed. So, for b o t h professional technical reasons and for per- sonal enrichment reasons, I encourage you to plan on spending part of August in Dublin at Micro 22. Finally, I would urge the subsequent Workshop Chairmen to keep in mind the sentiment of the attendees at Micro 21, as expressed in our much-too-long meeting on Thursday night of the Workshop, that we wish to continue the co-sponsorship of the workshop by both professional societies (IEEE and ACM). As was pointed out so el- oquently by me, each society contributes to our professional needs in different and complementary ways, and we are fortunate to be able to enjoy b o t h and not have to choose between the two. Thank you. Yale P a t t Chairman, Micro 21
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