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Online concurrent workload classification for multi-core energy management

Online concurrent workload classification for multi-core energy management
Online concurrent workload classification for multi-core energy management
Modern embedded multi-core processors are organized as clusters of cores, where all cores in each cluster operate at a common Voltage-frequency (V-f ). Such processors often need to execute applications concurrently, exhibiting varying and mixed workloads (e.g. compute- and memory-intensive) depending on the instruction mix and resource sharing. Runtime adaptation is key to achieving energy savings without trading-off application performance with such workload variabilities. In this paper, we propose an online energy management technique that performs concurrent workload classification using the metric Memory Reads Per Instruction (MRPI) and pro-actively selects an appropriate V-f setting through workload prediction. Subsequently, it monitors the workload prediction error and performance loss, quantified by Instructions Per Second (IPS) at runtime and adjusts the chosen V-f to compensate. We validate the proposed technique on an Odroid-XU3 with various combinations of benchmark applications. Results show an improvement in energy efficiency of up to 69% compared to existing approaches.
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Basireddy, Karunakar Reddy
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Singh, Amit
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Merrett, Geoff
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Al-Hashimi, Bashir
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Basireddy, Karunakar Reddy
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Singh, Amit
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Merrett, Geoff
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Al-Hashimi, Bashir
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Basireddy, Karunakar Reddy, Singh, Amit, Merrett, Geoff and Al-Hashimi, Bashir (2018) Online concurrent workload classification for multi-core energy management. Design Automation and Test in Europe, , Dresden, Germany. 19 - 23 Mar 2018. pp. 621-624 .

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Modern embedded multi-core processors are organized as clusters of cores, where all cores in each cluster operate at a common Voltage-frequency (V-f ). Such processors often need to execute applications concurrently, exhibiting varying and mixed workloads (e.g. compute- and memory-intensive) depending on the instruction mix and resource sharing. Runtime adaptation is key to achieving energy savings without trading-off application performance with such workload variabilities. In this paper, we propose an online energy management technique that performs concurrent workload classification using the metric Memory Reads Per Instruction (MRPI) and pro-actively selects an appropriate V-f setting through workload prediction. Subsequently, it monitors the workload prediction error and performance loss, quantified by Instructions Per Second (IPS) at runtime and adjusts the chosen V-f to compensate. We validate the proposed technique on an Odroid-XU3 with various combinations of benchmark applications. Results show an improvement in energy efficiency of up to 69% compared to existing approaches.

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Published date: 23 March 2018
Venue - Dates: Design Automation and Test in Europe, , Dresden, Germany, 2018-03-19 - 2018-03-23

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Local EPrints ID: 415727
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/415727
PURE UUID: 3b0271f9-9374-4e5d-a1f1-b61660d4f840
ORCID for Karunakar Reddy Basireddy: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9755-1041
ORCID for Geoff Merrett: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4980-3894

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Date deposited: 21 Nov 2017 17:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:46

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Author: Karunakar Reddy Basireddy ORCID iD
Author: Amit Singh
Author: Geoff Merrett ORCID iD
Author: Bashir Al-Hashimi

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