Energy optimization techniques in cluster interconnects

E. J. Kim, K. H. Yum, G. M. Link, N. Vijaykrishnan, M. Kandemir, M. J. Irwin, M. Yousif, C. R. Das

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Abstract

Designing energy-efficient clusters has recently become an important concern to make these systems economically attractive for many applications. Since the links and switch buffers consume the major portion of the power budget of the cluster, the focus of this paper is to optimize the energy consumption in these two components. To minimize power in the links, we propose a novel dynamic link shutdown (DLS) technique. The DLS technique makes use of an appropriate adaptive routing algorithm to shutdown the links intelligently. We also present an optimized buffer design for reducing leakage energy. Our analysis on different networks using a complete system simulator reveals that the proposed DLS technique can provide optimized performance-energy behavior (up to 40% energy savings with less than 5% performance degradation in the best case) for the cluster interconnects.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationISLPED 2003 - Proceedings of the 2003 International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages459-464
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)158113682X
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003
Event2003 International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design, ISLPED 2003 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: Aug 25 2003Aug 27 2003

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design
Volume2003-January
ISSN (Print)1533-4678

Conference

Conference2003 International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design, ISLPED 2003
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CitySeoul
Period8/25/038/27/03

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Engineering

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