Optimizing Chip Multiprocessor Work Distribution Using Dynamic Compilation

How can sequential applications benefit from the ubiquitous next generation of chip multiprocessors (CMP)? Part of the answer may be a dynamic execution environment that automatically parallelizes programs and adaptively tunes the work distribution. Experiments using the Jamaica CMP show how a runtime environment is capable of parallelizing standard benchmarks and achieving performance improvements over traditional work distributions.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: EUROPAR
• Authors: Jisheng Zhao, Matthew Horsnell, Ian Rogers, Andrew Dinn, Chris C. Kirkham, Ian Watson
• Keywords: Distributed And Parallel Computing, Dynamic Execution Environment, EUROPAR 2007, Jamaica CMP, Work Distributions