• ETRI Journal
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.44-54
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• 2012

Because of the intrinsic lack of internal-system observability and controllability in highly integrated multicore processors, very restricted access is allowed for the debugging of erroneous chip behavior. Therefore, the building of an efficient debug function is an important consideration in the design of multicore processors. In this paper, we propose a flexible on-chip debug architecture that embeds a special logic supporting the debug functionality in the multicore processor. It is designed to support run-stop-type debug functions that can halt and control the execution of the multicore processor at breakpoint events and inspect the possible causes of any errors. The debug architecture consists of the following three functional components: the core debug support block, the multicore debug support block, and the debug interface and control block. By embedding this debug infrastructure, the embedded processor cores within the multicore processor can be debugged simultaneously as well as independently. The debug control is performed by employing a JTAG-based scanning operation. We apply this on-chip debug architecture to build a debugger for a prototype multicore processor and demonstrate the validity and scalability of our approach.

• Journal of Computing Science and Engineering
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.51-72
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• 2015

Time predictability is crucial in hard real-time and safety-critical systems. Cache memories, while useful for improving the average-case memory performance, are not time predictable, especially when they are shared in multicore processors. To achieve time predictability while minimizing the impact on performance, this paper explores several time-predictable scratch-pad memory (SPM) based architectures for multicore processors. To support these architectures, we propose the dynamic memory objects allocation based partition, the static allocation based partition, and the static allocation based priority L2 SPM strategy to retain the characteristic of time predictability while attempting to maximize the performance and energy efficiency. The SPM based multicore architectural design and the related allocation methods thus form a comprehensive solution to hard real-time multicore based computing. Our experimental results indicate the strengths and weaknesses of each proposed architecture and the allocation method, which offers interesting on-chip memory design options to enable multicore platforms for hard real-time systems.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권7호
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• pp.3231-3244
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• 2016

As processor design has been transiting from homogeneous multicore processor to heterogeneous multicore processor, traditional Amdahl's law cannot meet the new challenges for asymmetric multicore system. In order to further investigate the impact factors related to the Overhead of Data Preparation (ODP) for Asymmetric multicore systems, we evaluate an asymmetric multicore system built with CPU-GPU by measuring the overheads of memory transfer, computing kernel, cache missing and synchronization. This paper demonstrates that decreasing the overhead of data preparation is a promising approach to improve the whole performance of heterogeneous system.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2017

Recently, huge datasets have been generating rapidly in a variety of fields. Then, there is an urgent need for technologies that will allow efficient and effective processing of huge datasets. Therefore the problems of partitioning a huge dataset effectively and alleviating the processing overhead of the partitioned data efficiently have been a critical factor for scalability and performance in distributed database system. In our work we utilized multicore servers to provide scalable service to our distributed system. The partitioning of database over multicore servers have emerged from a need for new architectural design of distributed database system from scalability and performance concerns in today's data deluge. The system allows uniform access through a web service interface to concurrently distributed databases over multicore servers, using SQMD (Single Query Multiple Database) mechanism based on publish/subscribe paradigm. We will present performance results with the distributed database system built on multicore server, which is time intensive with traditional architectures. We will also discuss future works.

• Journal of Computing Science and Engineering
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.67-80
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• 2013

The worst-case execution time (WCET) of each real-time task in multicore processors with shared caches can be significantly affected by inter-thread cache interferences. The worst-case inter-thread cache interferences are dependent on how tasks are scheduled to run on different cores. Therefore, there is a circular dependence between real-time task scheduling, the worst-case inter-thread cache interferences, and WCET in multicore processors, which is not the case for single-core processors. To address this challenging problem, we present an offline real-time scheduling approach for multicore processors by considering the worst-case inter-thread interferences on shared L2 caches. Our scheduling approach uses a greedy heuristic to generate safe schedules while minimizing the worst-case inter-thread shared L2 cache interferences and WCET. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed approach can reduce the utilization of the resulting schedule by about 12% on average compared to the cyclic multicore scheduling approaches in our theoretical model. Our evaluation indicates that the enhanced scheduling approach is more likely to generate feasible and safe schedules with stricter timing constraints in multicore real-time systems.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2011

동작 주파수의 증가는 싱글코어 프로세서의 성능을 크게 향상시키는 반면 전력 소모 증가와 높은 온도로 인한 신뢰성 저하 문제를 유발하고 있다. 최근에는 싱글코어 프로세서의 한계점을 극복하기 위한 대안으로 멀티코어 프로세서가 주로 사용되고 있다. 하지만, 멀티코어 프로세서를 2차원 구조로 설계하는 경우에는 내부 연결망에서의 전송 지연 현상으로 인해 프로세서의 성능 향상이 제약을 받고 있다. 내부 연결망에서의 전송 지연을 줄이기 위한 방안으로 멀티코어 프로세서를 3차원 구조로 설계하는 연구가 최근 큰 주목을 받고 있다. 2차원 구조 멀티코어 프로세서와 비교하여 3차원 구조 멀티코어 프로세서는 성능 향상과 전력 소모 감소의 장점을 지닌 반면, 높은 전력 밀도로 인해 발생된 발열 문제가 프로세서의 신뢰성을 위협하는 문제가 되고 있다. 3차원 멀티코어 프로세서에서 발생되는 발열 문제에 대한 상세한 분석이 제공된다면, 프로세서의 신뢰성을 확보하기 위한 연구 진행에 큰 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다. 그러므로 본 논문에서는 3차원 멀티코어 프로세서의 온도에 밀접하게 연관된 요소인 작업량, 방열판과의 거리, 그리고 적층되는 다이의 개수와 온도 사이의 관계를 자세히 살펴보고 높은 온도가 프로세서의 성능에 미치는 영향 또한 분석하고자 한다. 특히, 2차원 구조 멀티코어 프로세서와 3차원 구조 멀티코어 프로세서에서의 온도 문제를 함께 분석함으로써, 온도 측면에서 효율적인 프로세서 설계를 위한 가이드라인을 제시하고자 한다.

• Journal of Computing Science and Engineering
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.25-33
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• 2014

In this paper, we quantitatively compare two different time-predictable multicore cache architectures, separate and statically-partitioned caches, through extensive simulation. Current research trends primarily focus on partitioned-cache architectures in order to achieve time predictability for hard real-time multicore based systems, and our experiments reveal that separate caches actually lead to much better performance and energy efficiency when compared to statically-partitioned caches, and both of them are adequate for timing analysis for real-time multicore applications.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.28-35
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• 2022

This paper presents a performance evaluation of real-time Linux for industrial real-time platforms. On industrial platforms, multicore processors are popular due to their work distribution efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Multicore processors, however, are not designed for applications with real-time constraints, and their performance capabilities depend on their core configurations. In order to assess the feasibility of a multicore processor for real-time applications, we conduct a performance evaluation of a general processor and a low-power processor to provide an experimental environment of real-time Linux on both Xenomai and RT-preempt considering the multicore configuration. The real-time performance is evaluated through scheduling latency and in an environment with loads on the CPU, memory, and network to consider an actual situation. The results show a difference between a low-power and a general-purpose processor, but from developer's point of view, it shows that the low-power processor is a proper solution to accommodate low power situations.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.163-169
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• 2014

현재 범용 컴퓨터 시스템을 구축할 때 성능을 높이기 위하여 멀티코어 프로세서가 널리 이용되고 있으며, 멀티코어 프로세서의 구조는 크게 대칭적 구조와 비대칭적 구조로 나뉜다. 비대칭적 멀티코어 프로세서는 크고 복잡한 고성능의 코어와, 작고 간단한 저성능의 프로세서들로 구성되며, 대칭적 멀티코어 프로세서에 비하여 더욱 성능과 효율이 높은 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 논문에서는 다양한 구성을 갖는 비대칭적 쿼드코어 및 옥타코어 프로세서에 대하여 SPEC 2000 벤치마크를 통하여 모의실험을 수행하여 그 성능을 측정하고, 대칭적 쿼드코어 및 옥타코어 프로세서와 그 성능을 비교하였다.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.203-208
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• 2017

최근에 컴퓨터, 노트북, 태블릿 PC 및 모바일 장치에서 널리 이용되고 있는 멀티코어프로세서의 성능에 큰 영향을 끼치는 DRAM에 대한 중요성이 날로 증가되고 있다. 이에 따라 산업계와 학계에서 미래의 DRAM에 대한 활발한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 따라서, 모의실험을 통하여 멀티코어 프로세서의 성능을 평가할 때 보다 정확한 DRAM 모델을 갖추는 것이 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 DRAM 시뮬레이터와 연동할 수 있는 명령어 자취형 (trace-driven) 멀티코어 프로세서 모의실험기를 개발하였다. 또한, SPEC 2000 벤치마크를 입력으로 모의실험을 수행하여, 싸이클 단위로 정확하게 동작하는 DD3 모델이 멀티코어 프로세서의 성능에 끼치는 영향을 분석하였다.