Hardware implementation of dynamic load balancing in the parallel inference machine PIM c:

Abstract: "This paper proposes and evaluates the hardware implementation required for dynamic load balancing in the prototype PIM/c of the Parallel Inference Machine (PIM). In fine grain multiprocessing, dynamic load balancing is suffering from the high overhead due to the frequent access to lo...

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Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tokyo, Japan 1992
Series:Shin-Sedai-Konpyūta-Gijutsu-Kaihatsu-Kikō <Tōkyō>: ICOT technical report 755
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Summary:Abstract: "This paper proposes and evaluates the hardware implementation required for dynamic load balancing in the prototype PIM/c of the Parallel Inference Machine (PIM). In fine grain multiprocessing, dynamic load balancing is suffering from the high overhead due to the frequent access to load information. Proposed hardware can reduce the overhead by speeding up the access to the load information. In order to utilize the high locality of logic programs, PIM/c is configured along a hierarchical structure of network-connected clusters each of which is a bus-connected multiprocessor. Therefore two kinds of hardware suitable for each hierarchy are implemented for dynamic load balancing
First, in the clusters, we propose a register with broadcast write feature. The evaluation determines the reduction of overhead due to memory polling which detects a load request. The proposed hardware reduces the execution time of logic programs by 15%. Second, in the network, we propose the use of a shortcut path to request the value of the total load within a cluster. The evaluation shows that the overhead due to the request of that value is reduced as a result of introducing the shortcut path. The proposed hardware reduces the execution time by 50%. The results obtained confirm that the use of hardware can reduce the high overhead of dynamic load balancing.
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