We are entering the post-Moore era where we no longer enjoy the free ride of the performance growth from simply shrinking the transistor features. However, this does not necessarily mean that we are entering a dark era of computing. On the contrary, sustaining the performance growth of computing in the post-Moore era itself is cutting-edge research. Concretely, heterogeneity and hardware specialization are becoming promising approaches in hardware designs. However, these are paradigm shifts in computer architecture. So what does the post-Moore era mean for research software engineering? This position paper addresses such a question by summarizing possible challenges and opportunities for research software engineering in the post-Moore era. We then briefly discuss what is missing and how we prepare to tackle such challenges and exploit opportunities for the future of computing.
翻译：我们正在进入后摩尔时代,在这个时代,我们不再享受仅仅从缩小晶体晶体体特征而自由的性能增长。然而,这并不一定意味着我们正在进入一个黑暗的计算机时代。相反,在后摩尔时代,维持计算机的性能增长本身就是尖端的研究。具体地说,异质性和硬件专业化正在成为硬件设计方面有希望的方法。然而,这些是计算机结构的范式转变。因此,后摩尔时代对研究软件工程意味着什么?本立场文件通过总结后摩尔时代研究软件工程可能面临的挑战和机遇来解决这样一个问题。我们随后简要地讨论了所缺的是什么,以及我们如何准备应对这些挑战和为未来的计算利用机会。
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