Falsafi, BabakStan, MirceaSkadron, KevinJayasena, NuwanChen, YunjiTao, JinhuaNair, RaviMoreno, JaimeMuralimanohar, NaveenSankaralingam, KarthikeyanEstan, Cristian2016-07-192016-07-192016-07-19201610.1109/MM.2016.9https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/128021WOS:000372359700003This column introduces seven invited position papers about the challenges and opportunities in near-data processing. "Near-Memory Data Services" by Babak Falsafi, "Automata Processing: The Memory Is the Processor!" by Mircea Stan, Kevin Skadron, "Overcoming Challenges to Near-Data Processing" by Nuwan Jayasena, "Near-Data Processing of Neural Networks" by Yunji Chen, Jinhua Tao, "The Active Memory Cube" by Ravi Nair, Jaime Moreno, "In-Situ Computing Through an Analog Dot-Product Engine" by Naveen Muralimanohar, "Memory Processing Units" by Karthikeyan Sankaralingam, Cristian Estan.NDPnear-data processingtext::journal::journal article::research article