A heterogeneous platform with GPU and FPGA for power efficient high performance computing

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Contributors

  • Qiang Wu - , Hunan University (Author)
  • Yajun Ha - , Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore (Author)
  • Akash Kumar - , National University of Singapore (Author)
  • Shaobo Luo - , Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore (Author)
  • Ang Li - , National University of Singapore (Author)
  • Shihab Mohamed - , National University of Singapore (Author)

Abstract

Heterogeneous computing is gaining attention from both industry and academia nowadays. One driving factor for heterogeneous computing is the power efficiency. GPU and FPGA have been reported to achieve much higher power efficiency over CPU on many applications. Comparisons between GPU and FPGA show different characteristics of GPU and FPGA in accelerated computing. Some tasks run better on GPU, some run better on FPGA. Combining GPU and FPGA in one heterogeneous computing platform may provide us the advantages from both sides. This paper presents a heterogeneous computing platform with GPU and FPGA that we have built for power efficient high performance computing. The experimental results of 4 application examples show that different applications have different favorite computing architectures, which suggests a matching of the characteristics between the computation task and the computing architecture is the key to the power efficient high performance computing on heterogeneous computing platforms.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Integrated Circuits, ISIC 2014
PublisherIEEE, New York [u. a.]
Pages220-223
Number of pages4
ISBN (electronic)9781479948338
Publication statusPublished - 2 Feb 2015
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

SeriesInternational Symposium on Integrated Circuits (ISIC)

Conference

Title14th International Symposium on Integrated Circuits
Abbreviated titleISIC 2014
Conference number14
Duration10 - 12 December 2014
Degree of recognitionInternational event
LocationSands Expo and Convention Centre
CitySingapore
CountrySingapore

Keywords

Research priority areas of TU Dresden

Keywords

  • FPGA, GPU, Heterogeneous Computing, High Performance Computing, Power Efficiency