Integrating Reconfigurable Hardware-Based Grid for High Performance Computing
FPGAs have shown several characteristics that make them very attractive for high performance computing (HPC). The impressive speed-up factors that they are able to achieve, the reduced power consumption, and the easiness and flexibility of the design process with fast iterations between consecutive...
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| description | FPGAs have shown several characteristics that make them very attractive for high performance computing (HPC). The impressive speed-up factors that they are able to achieve, the reduced power consumption, and the easiness and flexibility of the design process with fast iterations between consecutive versions are examples of benefits obtained with their use. However, there are still some difficulties when using reconfigurable platforms as accelerator that need to be addressed: the need of an in-depth application study to identify potential acceleration, the lack of tools for the deployment of computational problems in distributed hardware platforms, and the low portability of components, among others. This work proposes a complete grid infrastructure for distributed high performance computing based on dynamically reconfigurable FPGAs. Besides, a set of services designed to facilitate the application deployment is described. An example application and a comparison with other hardware and software implementations are shown. Experimental results show that the proposed architecture offers encouraging advantages for deployment of high performance distributed applications simplifying development process. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c2de616061fc4659b0f246dd8c704c6d2025-08-20T03:23:15ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal2356-61401537-744X2015-01-01201510.1155/2015/272536272536Integrating Reconfigurable Hardware-Based Grid for High Performance ComputingJulio Dondo Gazzano0Francisco Sanchez Molina1Fernando Rincon2Juan Carlos López3Escuela Superior de Informatica, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 13071 Ciudad Real, SpainEscuela Superior de Informatica, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 13071 Ciudad Real, SpainEscuela Superior de Informatica, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 13071 Ciudad Real, SpainEscuela Superior de Informatica, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 13071 Ciudad Real, SpainFPGAs have shown several characteristics that make them very attractive for high performance computing (HPC). The impressive speed-up factors that they are able to achieve, the reduced power consumption, and the easiness and flexibility of the design process with fast iterations between consecutive versions are examples of benefits obtained with their use. However, there are still some difficulties when using reconfigurable platforms as accelerator that need to be addressed: the need of an in-depth application study to identify potential acceleration, the lack of tools for the deployment of computational problems in distributed hardware platforms, and the low portability of components, among others. This work proposes a complete grid infrastructure for distributed high performance computing based on dynamically reconfigurable FPGAs. Besides, a set of services designed to facilitate the application deployment is described. An example application and a comparison with other hardware and software implementations are shown. Experimental results show that the proposed architecture offers encouraging advantages for deployment of high performance distributed applications simplifying development process.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/272536 |
| spellingShingle | Julio Dondo Gazzano Francisco Sanchez Molina Fernando Rincon Juan Carlos López Integrating Reconfigurable Hardware-Based Grid for High Performance Computing The Scientific World Journal |
| title | Integrating Reconfigurable Hardware-Based Grid for High Performance Computing |
| title_full | Integrating Reconfigurable Hardware-Based Grid for High Performance Computing |
| title_fullStr | Integrating Reconfigurable Hardware-Based Grid for High Performance Computing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrating Reconfigurable Hardware-Based Grid for High Performance Computing |
| title_short | Integrating Reconfigurable Hardware-Based Grid for High Performance Computing |
| title_sort | integrating reconfigurable hardware based grid for high performance computing |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/272536 |
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