Title
Multiprocessor Capacity Metric and Analysis
Abstract
We develop a new metric, Capacity, which evaluates the performance of Chip Heterogeneous Multiprocessors (CHMs) that process multiple, variable heterogeneous workloads, which we refer to as demands. In contrast to single-valued metrics such as throughput, Capacity is a shape, a surface in n-dimensions and a curve in 2-dimensions. We show how Capacity is a successor to throughput, through an automobile production analogy, thus motivating how multiprocessors should be viewed as plants, rather than production pipelines. For the analysis of Capacity curve shapes, we propose the development of a Demand Characterization Method (DCM) to be used in conjunction with the Capacity metric to identify optimal CHM designs for specific demands. We include experimental results finding that Capacity is a better predictor of optimal designs than single-valued metrics.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1109/TC.2015.2389831
IEEE Transactions on Computers
Keywords
Field
DocType
capacity metric,chip heterogeneous multiprocessors,demand characterization,performance modeling and evaluation,computational modeling,shape,measurement,throughput,pipelines,production
Pipeline transport,Computer science,Successor cardinal,Parallel computing,Optimal design,Multiprocessing,Chip,Real-time computing,Throughput,Analogy
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
PP
99
0018-9340
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
22
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mwaffaq Otoom1386.80
JoAnn M. Paul227631.45