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Challenges and opportunities for efficient computing with FAWN

Authors:

Vijay Vasudevan,

David G. Andersen,

Michael Kaminsky,

Jason Franklin,

Michael A. Kozuch,

Padmanabhan Pillai,

Lawrence TanAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review, Volume 45, Issue 1

Pages 34 - 44

https://doi.org/10.1145/1945023.1945029

Published: 18 February 2011 Publication History

Abstract

This paper presents the architecture and motivation for a clusterbased, many-core computing architecture for energy-efficient, dataintensive computing. FAWN, a Fast Array of Wimpy Nodes, consists of a large number of slower but efficient nodes coupled with low-power storage. We present the computing trends that motivate a FAWN-like approach, for CPU, memory, and storage. We follow with a set of microbenchmarks to explore under what workloads these FAWN nodes perform well (or perform poorly), and briefly examine scenarios in which both code and algorithms may need to be re-designed or optimized to perform well on an efficient platform. We conclude with an outline of the longer-term implications of FAWN that lead us to select a tightly integrated stacked chip and-memory architecture for future FAWN development.

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ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review Volume 45, Issue 1

January 2011

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ISSN:0163-5980

DOI:10.1145/1945023

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