TY - GEN
T1 - Process variation aware parallelization strategies for MPSoCs
AU - Srinivasan, Suresh
AU - Ramadoss, Raghavan
AU - Vijaykrishnan, N.
PY - 2006/1/1
Y1 - 2006/1/1
N2 - Scaling of microprocessors is aggravating the gap between design and manufacturing expectations. Such variations may lead to manufacturing of processors cores with frequencies lower or higher than their expected frequencies. In particular, with the rapid advent of Multiprocessor System on Chips (MPSoC), such manufacturing uncertainties may lead to significant variations in the operating frequencies of different processor cores on the same chip. In this work, we demonstrate that traditional load balanced parallelization schemes need to be revisited to account for such variations. Specifically, we highlight the need for tuning the degree of parallelization and non-uniform workload generation to achieve lower power consumption in next generation MPSoCs.
AB - Scaling of microprocessors is aggravating the gap between design and manufacturing expectations. Such variations may lead to manufacturing of processors cores with frequencies lower or higher than their expected frequencies. In particular, with the rapid advent of Multiprocessor System on Chips (MPSoC), such manufacturing uncertainties may lead to significant variations in the operating frequencies of different processor cores on the same chip. In this work, we demonstrate that traditional load balanced parallelization schemes need to be revisited to account for such variations. Specifically, we highlight the need for tuning the degree of parallelization and non-uniform workload generation to achieve lower power consumption in next generation MPSoCs.
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U2 - 10.1109/SOCC.2006.283876
DO - 10.1109/SOCC.2006.283876
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 0780397819
SN - 9780780397811
T3 - 2006 IEEE International Systems-on-Chip Conference, SOC
SP - 179
EP - 182
BT - 2006 IEEE International Systems-on-Chip Conference, SOC
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2006 IEEE International Systems-on-Chip Conference, SOC
Y2 - 24 September 2006 through 27 September 2006
ER -