This talk is based on my recent article "The future of PIM: pragmatics and potential". The article is a roadmap-style piece and covers a lot of ground, so in this talk I attempt to give an overview as well as delve into a few examples in detail. The talk brings together two methods to give a lens onto past literature and future directions. First, we will deconstruct the term “PIM” looking at each word in detail and see how there are PIM or PIM-like tools that stretch the term and thus offer insights. Second, we look at a few popular commercial PIM tools and the lessons and issues they surface. Finally these come together with established literature, to recast old concerns, such as fragmentation, and to formulate new issues and challenges.
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