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Optimizing energy-efficiency for multi-core packet processing systems in a compiler framework

Huang, Jing (2012) Optimizing energy-efficiency for multi-core packet processing systems in a compiler framework. Master of Engineering thesis, Dublin City University.

Abstract
Network applications become increasingly computation-intensive and the amount of traffic soars unprecedentedly nowadays. Multi-core and multi-threaded techniques are thus widely employed in packet processing system to meet the changing requirement. However, the processing power cannot be fully utilized without a suitable programming environment. The compilation procedure is decisive for the quality of the code. It can largely determine the overall system performance in terms of packet throughput, individual packet latency, core utilization and energy efficiency. The thesis investigated compilation issues in networking domain first, particularly on energy consumption. And as a cornerstone for any compiler optimizations, a code analysis module for collecting program dependency is presented and incorporated into a compiler framework. With that dependency information, a strategy based on graph bi-partitioning and mapping is proposed to search for an optimal configuration in a parallel-pipeline fashion. The energy-aware extension is specifically effective in enhancing the energy-efficiency of the whole system. Finally, a generic evaluation framework for simulating the performance and energy consumption of a packet processing system is given. It accepts flexible architectural configuration and is capable of performingarbitrary code mapping. The simulation time is extremely short compared to full-fledged simulators. A set of our optimization results is gathered using the framework.
Metadata
Item Type:Thesis (Master of Engineering)
Date of Award:November 2012
Refereed:No
Supervisor(s):Wang, Xiaojun
Uncontrolled Keywords:Energy Efficiency; Compilation; Packet Processing;
Subjects:Computer Science > Computer networks
Computer Science > Computer engineering
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Electronic Engineering
Research Initiatives and Centres > Research Institute for Networks and Communications Engineering (RINCE)
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:17442
Deposited On:15 Nov 2012 14:00 by Xiaojun Wang . Last Modified 19 Jul 2018 14:57
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