CHREC F5/F6 WEEKLY MEETING

F5-11: Device Performance Metrics and Mission-Critical Processing

Nicholas WulfJustin Richardson

Quinn MartinSteven Fingulin

Research StudentsUniversity of Florida

Dr. Alan D. GeorgeProfessor of ECE

University of Florida

Dr. Herman Lam Assoc. Professor of ECE

University of Florida

Dr. Ann Gordon-Ross Asst. Professor of ECE

University of Florida

CHREC F5/F6 WEEKLY MEETING

F5-11: Plans for Spring 2011

Justin Richardson

CHREC F5: Justin Task A

Metrics Tool (Justin and Quinn) Port existing application to a Webapp format for portability, ease of access, and

expandability Expand application to include remaining device metrics and parameters

Benchmarking (Justin, Seth, and Steven) RU

Gather more academic and professional literature to allow a narrower focus Benchmark using expert tools (ie GPU/FPC comparison) Refine methodology and definitions of α for clarity

New Platforms Finish GPU benchmarking Add ARM to benchmark suite and get basic benchmarking started

Gantt Chart http://www.hcs.ufl.edu/~richardson/Projects/Gantt-Chart-SP2011.html

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CHREC F5/F6 WEEKLY MEETING

F5-11: Plans for Spring 2011

Steven Fingulin

Spring Tasks Device Studies

Add new devices to analysis FPGAs (Stratix V, Virtex 7) New CPU/GPU hybrid chips (AMD Fusion, Intel Sandy Bridge, Tegra 2, etc.) Many-core devices (Tilera and similar) DSPs (TI OMAP and AD) New embedded processors (Snapdragon, Scorpion, Cortex A9, etc.) Low power families of major processors

Add XML entries to the tool for calculation of other metrics Compare devices based on complete metrics suite

Achronix Measure and analyze power use Add new and larger benchmarks

Gantt Chart http://hcs.ufl.edu/~fingulin/Spring2011research.png

CHREC F5/F6 WEEKLY MEETING

F5-11: Plans for Spring 2011

Quinn Martin

CHREC F5: Quinn Task A

Metrics Tool Port existing tool to web application

Ajax integration with RU database Recode GUI for web

Expand application Add Memory-based metrics (IMB, EMB) Add IOB Expand and document XML format

Gantt Chart http://www.hcs.ufl.edu/~martin/gantt_chart_sp2011.png

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CHREC F5/F6 WEEKLY MEETING

F5-11: Plans for Spring 2011

Nick Wulf

Task B: Mission-Critical Processing Processing challenges in restricted environments

Small satellites, UAVs, smart munitions, AUVs Radiation effects; limited size, weight, & power (SWaP) Initial focus upon military/aerospace missions

Complex optimization problem for given mission Goals (throughput, response time, dependability) Applications (sensor processing, autonomy, et al.) Constraints (power, size, mass, cooling, wiring) Architecture (fixed, reconfigurable, hybrid; device & subsystem) Reliability (RHBP, RHBD, NMR, SIFT, ABFT, et al.)

Pursuit of novel optimization theory, data, tools Given mission goals, apps, & constraints, what is optimal existing or

notional architecture (device, subsystem) to address?

9UAV = unmanned aerial vehicleAUV = autonomous underwater vehicleRHBP/D = RadHard by process/design

NMR = N-modular redundancySIFT = software-implemented FTABFT = algorithm-based FT