Bridging the software-hardware gap

Researchers are creating a just-in-time hardware and software universe.


As computer scientists know, there’s a big cultural and productivity gap between hardware developers and software writers.

In this episode of Open Collaborative Research, IBM computer scientists David Bacon (top right) and Rodric Rabbah talk about Liquid Metal, an exploratory programming languages project that will give software programmers a means to realize customized hardware design.

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Series producer: Barbara Finkelstein
Music: "Hot Swing" by Kevin MacLeod

Last updated on January 6, 2009