Many systems have been built to employ the delta-based iterative execution model to support iterative algorithms on distributed platforms by exploiting the sparse computational dependencies between data items of these...Many systems have been built to employ the delta-based iterative execution model to support iterative algorithms on distributed platforms by exploiting the sparse computational dependencies between data items of these iterative algorithms in a synchronous or asynchronous approach. However, for large-scale iterative algorithms, existing synchronous solutions suffer from slow convergence speed and load imbalance, because of the strict barrier between iterations;while existing asynchronous approaches induce excessive redundant communication and computation cost as a result of being barrier-free. In view of the performance trade-off between these two approaches, this paper designs an efficient execution manager, called Aiter-R, which can be integrated into existing delta-based iterative processing systems to efficiently support the execution of delta-based iterative algorithms, by using our proposed group-based iterative execution approach. It can efficiently and correctly explore the middle ground of the two extremes. A heuristic scheduling algorithm is further proposed to allow an iterative algorithm to adaptively choose its trade-off point so as to achieve the maximum efficiency. Experimental results show that Aiter-R strikes a good balance between the synchronous and asynchronous policies and outperforms state-of-the-art solutions. It reduces the execution time by up to 54.1% and 84.6% in comparison with existing asynchronous and the synchronous models, respectively.展开更多
ATPG(automatic test pattern generation)是VLSI(very large scale integration circuits)电路测试中非常重要的技术,它的好坏直接影响测试成本与开销.然而现有的并行ATPG方法普遍存在负载不均衡、并行策略单一、存储开销大和数据局部...ATPG(automatic test pattern generation)是VLSI(very large scale integration circuits)电路测试中非常重要的技术,它的好坏直接影响测试成本与开销.然而现有的并行ATPG方法普遍存在负载不均衡、并行策略单一、存储开销大和数据局部性差等问题.由于图计算的高并行度和高扩展性等优点,快速、高效、低存储开销和高可扩展性的图计算系统可能是有效支持ATPG的重要工具,这将对减少测试成本显得尤为重要.本文将对图计算在组合ATPG中的应用进行探究;介绍图计算模型将ATPG算法转化为图算法的方法;分析现有图计算系统应用于ATPG面临的挑战;提出面向ATPG的单机图计算系统,并从基于传统架构的优化、新兴硬件的加速和基于新兴存储器件的优化几个方面,对图计算系统支持ATPG所面临的挑战和未来研究方向进行了讨论.展开更多
基金This paper is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.61832006,61825202,62072193,and 61929103.
文摘Many systems have been built to employ the delta-based iterative execution model to support iterative algorithms on distributed platforms by exploiting the sparse computational dependencies between data items of these iterative algorithms in a synchronous or asynchronous approach. However, for large-scale iterative algorithms, existing synchronous solutions suffer from slow convergence speed and load imbalance, because of the strict barrier between iterations;while existing asynchronous approaches induce excessive redundant communication and computation cost as a result of being barrier-free. In view of the performance trade-off between these two approaches, this paper designs an efficient execution manager, called Aiter-R, which can be integrated into existing delta-based iterative processing systems to efficiently support the execution of delta-based iterative algorithms, by using our proposed group-based iterative execution approach. It can efficiently and correctly explore the middle ground of the two extremes. A heuristic scheduling algorithm is further proposed to allow an iterative algorithm to adaptively choose its trade-off point so as to achieve the maximum efficiency. Experimental results show that Aiter-R strikes a good balance between the synchronous and asynchronous policies and outperforms state-of-the-art solutions. It reduces the execution time by up to 54.1% and 84.6% in comparison with existing asynchronous and the synchronous models, respectively.
文摘ATPG(automatic test pattern generation)是VLSI(very large scale integration circuits)电路测试中非常重要的技术,它的好坏直接影响测试成本与开销.然而现有的并行ATPG方法普遍存在负载不均衡、并行策略单一、存储开销大和数据局部性差等问题.由于图计算的高并行度和高扩展性等优点,快速、高效、低存储开销和高可扩展性的图计算系统可能是有效支持ATPG的重要工具,这将对减少测试成本显得尤为重要.本文将对图计算在组合ATPG中的应用进行探究;介绍图计算模型将ATPG算法转化为图算法的方法;分析现有图计算系统应用于ATPG面临的挑战;提出面向ATPG的单机图计算系统,并从基于传统架构的优化、新兴硬件的加速和基于新兴存储器件的优化几个方面,对图计算系统支持ATPG所面临的挑战和未来研究方向进行了讨论.