Extracting high-performance from the emerging Chip Multiprocessors (CMPs) requires that the application be divided into multiple threads. Each thread executes on a separate core t...
M. Aater Suleman, Moinuddin K. Qureshi, Yale N. Pa...
As most computer systems are expected to remain operational 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, they must complete maintenance work while in operation. This work is in addition to the ...
Qi Zhang, Ningfang Mi, Evgenia Smirni, Alma Riska,...
— Multi-tier Internet service clusters often contain complex calling dependencies among service components spreading across cluster nodes. Without proper handling, partial failur...
Lingkun Chu, Kai Shen, Hong Tang, Tao Yang, Jingyu...
Power consumption has become an increasingly important constraint in high-performancecomputing systems, shifting the focus from peak performance towards improving power efficiency...
A machine’s performance is the product of its IPC (Instructions Per Cycle) and clock frequency. Recently, Palacharla, Jouppi, and Smith [3] warned that the dynamic instruction s...