Effect of distributed directories in mesh interconnects

Marcos Horro, Mahmut T. Kandemir, Louis Noël Pouchet, Gabriel Rodríguez, Juan Touriño

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Abstract

Recent manycore processors are kept coherent using scalable distributed directories. A paramount example is the Xeon Phi Knights Landing. It features 38 tiles packed in a single die, organized into a 2D mesh. Before accessing remote data, tiles need to query the distributed directory. The effect of this coherence traffic is poorly understood.We show that the apparent UMA behavior results from the degradation of the peak performance. We develop ways to optimize the coherence traffic, the core-to-core-affinity, and the scheduling of a set of tasks on the mesh, leveraging the unique characteristics of processor units stemming from process variations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 56th Annual Design Automation Conference 2019, DAC 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781450367257
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2 2019
Event56th Annual Design Automation Conference, DAC 2019 - Las Vegas, United States
Duration: Jun 2 2019Jun 6 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings - Design Automation Conference
ISSN (Print)0738-100X

Conference

Conference56th Annual Design Automation Conference, DAC 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas
Period6/2/196/6/19

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Modeling and Simulation

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