Research Infrastructures for Hardware Accelerators / by Yakun Sophia Shao, David Brooks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shao, Yakun Sophia., Author.

Brooks, David., Author.

Series:

Synthesis Lectures on Computer Architecture, 1935-3243

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic circuits.

Microprocessors.

Computer architecture.

Electronic Circuits and Systems.

Processor Architectures.

Local Subjects:

Electronic Circuits and Systems.

Processor Architectures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIV, 85 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

Summary:

Hardware acceleration in the form of customized datapath and control circuitry tuned to specific applications has gained popularity for its promise to utilize transistors more efficiently. Historically, the computer architecture community has focused on general-purpose processors, and extensive research infrastructure has been developed to support research efforts in this domain. Envisioning future computing systems with a diverse set of general-purpose cores and accelerators, computer architects must add accelerator-related research infrastructures to their toolboxes to explore future heterogeneous systems. This book serves as a primer for the field, as an overview of the vast literature on accelerator architectures and their design flows, and as a resource guidebook for researchers working in related areas.

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgments

Why Accelerators, Now?

A Taxonomy of Accelerators.

Accelerator Design Flow 101.

Accelerator Modeling

Workload Characterization for Accelerators

Accelerator Benchmarks

Future Directions

Bibliography

Authors' Biographies .

ISBN:

9783031017506

3031017501