Dark Silicon and Future On-chip Systems

Dark Silicon and Future On-chip Systems

by Suyel R. Namasudra, Hamid Sarbazi Azad
Released July 2018
Publisher(s): Academic Press
ISBN: 9780128153598

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Book description

Dark Silicon and the Future of On-chip Systems, Volume 110, the latest release in the Advances in Computers series published since 1960, presents detailed coverage of innovations in computer hardware, software, theory, design and applications, with this release focusing on an Introduction to dark silicon and future processors, a Revisiting of processor allocation and application mapping in future CMPs in the dark silicon era, Multi-objectivism in the dark silicon age, Dark silicon aware resource management for many-core systems, Dynamic power management for dark silicon multi-core processors, Topology specialization for networks-on-chip in the dark silicon era, and Emerging SRAM-based FPGA architectures.

  • Provides in-depth surveys and tutorials on new computer technology
  • Covers well-known authors and researchers in the field
  • Presents extensive bibliographies with most chapters
  • Includes volumes that are devoted to single themes or subfields of computer science, with this release focusing on Dark Silicon and Future On-chip Systems

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Preface
  6. Chapter One: Dark Silicon and the History of Computing
    1. Abstract
    2. 1 Introduction and Background
    3. 2 The Single-Core Era
    4. 3 The Multicore Era
    5. 4 The Dark Silicon Era
    6. 5 Conclusion
  7. Chapter Two: Revisiting Processor Allocation and Application Mapping in Future CMPs in Dark Silicon Era
    1. Abstract
    2. 1 Introduction
    3. 2 Related Work
    4. 3 SCMesh: A Scalable and High Bandwidth NoC
    5. 4 Strategy 1: Revisiting Processor Allocation
    6. 5 Strategy 2: Revisiting Application Mapping
    7. 6 Evaluation
    8. 7 Conclusions
  8. Chapter Three: Multiobjectivism in Dark Silicon Age
    1. Abstract
    2. 1 Introduction and Background
    3. 2 Shift Sprinting: Reliable Temperature-Aware NoC-Based MCSoC Architecture in Dark Silicon Age
    4. 3 Round Rotary Mapping: Temperature- and Congestion-Aware Application Mapping Approach for Wireless NoC in Dark Silicon Age
    5. 4 Conclusion and the Future Outlook
  9. Chapter Four: Dark Silicon Aware Resource Management for Many-Core Systems
    1. Abstract
    2. 1 Introduction
    3. 2 State-of-the-Art Resource Management Techniques
    4. 3 System Model
    5. 4 Problem Definition
    6. 5 Dark Silicon Aware Resource Management
    7. 6 Experimental Evaluations
    8. 7 Dark Silicon Aware Resource Management for Heterogeneous Many-Core Systems
    9. 8 Conclusions
    10. Acknowledgments
  10. Chapter Five: Dynamic Power Management for Dark Silicon Multicore Processors
    1. Abstract
    2. 1 Introduction
    3. 2 Dark Silicon Aware Microarchitectural Adaptation for Homogeneous Multicores
    4. 3 Dynamic Scheduling for Asymmetric Multicores
    5. 4 Dynamic DoP and Cluster Migration on Asymmetric Multicores
    6. 5 Empirical Analysis
    7. 6 Conclusion
  11. Chapter Six: Topology Specialization for Networks-on-Chip in the Dark Silicon Era
    1. Abstract
    2. 1 Introduction
    3. 2 Dark Silicon
    4. 3 Core Specialization
    5. 4 Specialized NoC for Specialized Cores
    6. 5 Low-Latency and Power-Efficient NoC Architectures
    7. 6 Architecture Support for Topology Reconfiguration
    8. 7 Topology Reconfiguration Procedure
    9. 8 Evaluation
    10. 9 Conclusion
  12. Chapter Seven: Introduction to Emerging SRAM-Based FPGA Architectures in Dark Silicon Era
    1. Abstract
    2. 1 Introduction
    3. 2 Architecture of SRAM-Based FPGAs
    4. 3 Power Wall and Dark Silicon
    5. 4 Logic Block Architectures in Dark Silicon Era
    6. 5 Routing Block Architectures in Dark Silicon Era
    7. 6 Discussion and Conclusion

Product information

  • Title: Dark Silicon and Future On-chip Systems
  • Author(s): Suyel R. Namasudra, Hamid Sarbazi Azad
  • Release date: July 2018
  • Publisher(s): Academic Press
  • ISBN: 9780128153598