BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:1.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20141120T181500Z DTEND:20141120T191500Z LOCATION:396 DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:ABSTRACT: It is getting increasingly obvious that current computer system interfaces need more capabilities at the same time that they need generalization. There will be network interfaces that have intelligence built in and memory components that have many more capabilities than current 'dumb' memory parts. An interface and protocol must be defined to enable this in such a way that it is very general so that many different kinds of current and future components can be interconnected.=0A=0AHere is a paper that discusses the needs for and the benefits of a new interface, and indicates some possible directions:=0A=0A https://sst-simulator.org/downloads/abstract_interface_final.pdf SUMMARY:Propose and Define an Abstracted Interface for General Usage PRIORITY:3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR