I'm in! On Jan 2, 2008 1:48 PM, Nir Abulaffio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would be very interested to hear this. Thank you in advance. > Nir. > > On Wed, 2 Jan 2008, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote: > > > Would there be interest from the esteemed list members in hearing the > > following paper, to be presented at ASPLOS '08? > > > > Tapping into the Fountain of CPUs---On Operating System Support for > > Programmable Devices, by Yaron Weinsberg, Danny Dolev, Tal Anker, Muli > > Ben-Yehuda, Pete Wyckoff. > > > > Abstract: The constant race for faster and more powerful CPUs is > > drawing to a close. No longer is it feasible to significantly increase > > the speed of the CPU without paying a crushing penalty in power > > consumption and production costs. Instead of increasing single thread > > performance, the industry is turning to multiple CPU threads or cores > > (such as SMT and CMP) and heterogeneous CPU architectures (such as the > > Cell Broadband Engine). While this is a step in the right direction, > > in every modern PC there is a wealth of untapped compute > > resources. The NIC has a CPU; the disk controller is programmable; > > some high-end graphics adapters are already more powerful than host > > CPUs. Some of these CPUs can perform some functions more efficiently > > than the host CPUs.Our operating systems and programming > > abstractions should be expanded to let applications tap into these > > computational resources and make the best use of them. > > > > Therefore, we propose the Hydra framework, which lets application > > developers use the combined power of every compute resource in a > > coherent way. Hydra is a programming model and a runtime support layer > > which enables utilization of host processors as well as various > > programmable peripheral devices' processors. We present the framework > > and its application for a demonstrative use-case, as well as provide a > > thorough evaluation of its capabilities. Using Hydra we were able to > > cut down the development cost of a system that uses multiple > > heterogenous compute resources significantly. > > > > Cheers, > > Muli > > _______________________________________________ > > Haifux mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux > > > _______________________________________________ > Haifux mailing list > [email protected] > http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux >
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