The “Chimera” : An Off-The-Shelf CPUGPGPUFPGA Hybrid Computing Platform
Joint Authors
Inta, Ra
Scott, Susan M.
Bowman, David J.
Source
International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-03-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
The nature of modern astronomy means that a number of interesting problems exhibit a substantial computational bound and this situation is gradually worsening.
Scientists, increasingly fighting for valuable resources on conventional high-performance computing (HPC) facilities—often with a limited customizable user environment—are increasingly looking to hardware acceleration solutions.
We describe here a heterogeneous CPU/GPGPU/FPGA desktop computing system (the “Chimera”), built with commercial-off-the-shelf components.
We show that this platform may be a viable alternative solution to many common computationally bound problems found in astronomy, however, not without significant challenges.
The most significant bottleneck in pipelines involving real data is most likely to be the interconnect (in this case the PCI Express bus residing on the CPU motherboard).
Finally, we speculate on the merits of our Chimera system on the entire landscape of parallel computing, through the analysis of representative problems from UC Berkeley’s “Thirteen Dwarves.”
American Psychological Association (APA)
Inta, Ra& Bowman, David J.& Scott, Susan M.. 2012. The “Chimera” : An Off-The-Shelf CPUGPGPUFPGA Hybrid Computing Platform. International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-456632
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Inta, Ra…[et al.]. The “Chimera” : An Off-The-Shelf CPUGPGPUFPGA Hybrid Computing Platform. International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-456632
American Medical Association (AMA)
Inta, Ra& Bowman, David J.& Scott, Susan M.. The “Chimera” : An Off-The-Shelf CPUGPGPUFPGA Hybrid Computing Platform. International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-456632
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-456632