Databases on Future Hardware (Dagstuhl Seminar 17101)

Abstract

A number of physical limitations mandate radical changes in the way how
we build computing hard- and software, and there is broad consensus that
a stronger interaction between hard- and software communities is needed
to meet the ever-growing demand for application performance.

Under this motivation, representatives from various hard- and software
communities have met at the Dagstuhl seminar "Databases on Future
Hardware" to discuss the implications in the context of database
systems.  The outcome of the seminar was not only a much better
understanding of each other's needs, constraints, and ways of thinking.
Very importantly, the group identified topic areas that seem key for the
ongoing shift, together with suggestions on how the field could move
forward.  During the seminar, it turned out that the future of databases
is not only a question of technology.  Rather, economic considerations
have to be taken into account when building next-generation database
engines.