Call for Papers

The International Symposium on Microarchitecture® (MICRO) is the premier forum for the presentation and discussion of new ideas in microarchitecture, compilers, hardware/software interfaces, and the design of advanced computing and communication systems.

MICRO 2025 aims to bring together researchers in the fields of microarchitecture, compilers, and systems for technical exchange. The conference fosters close interaction between academic researchers and industrial designers.

Important Dates

• Abstract Deadline: April 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM EDT
• Full Paper Deadline: April 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM EDT
• Workshop/Tutorial Proposal Deadline: May 31, 2025
• Rebuttal/Revision: June 9-21, 2025
• Author Notification: July 14, 2025

Topics of Interest

We invite original paper submissions related to (but not limited to) the following topics:

• Microarchitectural, architectural, compiler, and hybrid techniques for improving system performance, power, energy-efficiency, security, cost, complexity, programmer productivity, predictability, quality of service, reliability, dependability, scalability, sustainability
• Processor, memory, and storage architectures
• Multicore and multiprocessor systems
• Instruction-, thread-, and data-level parallelism
• Prediction and Speculation
• Memory Hierarchy
• Cloud and datacenter-scale computing
• IoT, mobile, and embedded architecture
• Interconnection network, router, and network interface architecture
• Accelerator-based, application-specific, and reconfigurable architectures
• Architectural support for programming languages, compilation, software development, security and privacy, virtualization
• Architectures for emerging technologies and applications
• Architectural support for non-volatile/persistent memory
• Quantum computing
• In-/near-memory or in-/near-storage processing
• Approximate computing and architectural support for approximation
• Effects of circuits and technology on architecture
• Architecture modeling and simulation methodologies
• Evaluation and measurement of real computing systems

Submission Guidelines

Paper Submission

• Submissions should follow the guidelines and formatting rules specified on the conference website.
• Papers that violate these guidelines and rules may be returned to author(s) without review.
• Abstract Deadline: April 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM EDT
• Full Paper Deadline: April 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM EDT
• All submissions must be uploaded on HotCRP: https://micro2025.hotcrp.com/

Review Process

• Papers will go through a rigorous peer-review process.
• All accepted papers will be presented at the conference.
• The review process is double-blind, allowing Program Committee members and the Organizing Committee to submit papers subject to conflict-of-interest declarations.

Other Submissions

• Workshops & Tutorials: View the Call for Workshops & Tutorials
• Student Research Competition: View the Student Research Competition Guidelines
• Artifact Evaluation (AE) Committee: Nominate to join the AE Committee