Simple Performance Bounds for Multicore and Parallel Channel Systems

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2010-07-19

Authors

Robertazzi, Thomas G.
Gamboa, Carlos

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Stony Brook University. College of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Keywords

Communications Systems , Divisible Load Scheduling , Scheduled Networked Computing , Multicore Systems

Abstract

A simple modi cation of existing divisible load scheduling algo- rithms, boosting link speed by M for M parallel channels per link, allows time optimal load scheduling and performance prediction for parallel channel systems. The situation for multicore models is more complex but can be handled by a substitution involving equivalent pro- cessor speed. These modi cations yield upper bounds on such parallel systems' performance. This concept is illustrated for ideal single level (star) tree networks under a variety of scheduling policies. Less than ideal parallelism can also be modeled though mechanisms of ine ciency require further research.

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