YPO2048

Heterogenous computing

complex segregated from intense
S: size of code expressed in number of line of code
T: time expressed in number of clock cycle
	Complex computation: S ~ T
	performed on HOST
	
	Intense computation:   S << T
	performed on ACCELERATOR

Programming model

  • HOST runs programs written using libraries such as Eigen, TensorFlow, XXX
  • ACCELERATOR is used to implement kernel libraries such as EigenKernel, TensorFlowKernel, XXXKernel
  • LibraryNameKernel: is the LibraryName library implemented for data structures with sizes limited by the parameters of ACCELERATOR (number of cells, n, size of the local register files, m)
  • LibraryName is implemented in a high level language on HOST using LibraryNameKernel

  • Estimated performances for YPO2048

    	
    		Technology node: 28 nm
    		fclock = 1 GHz
    		No. of cores: n = 2048 cells
    		Size of the register file in each cell: m = 1024 32-bit words
    		Die size: 	9.2 x 9.2 mm2
    		Power: 		12/14/18 Watt at 80/100/1200C
    		Integer arithmetic:
    					170 GOPS/Watt for 32-bit integers
    					340 GOPS/Watt for 16-bit integers
    		Floating point arithmetic:
    					63 GFLOPS/Watt for 32-bit floats
    					200 GFLOPS/Watt for 16-bit floats
    

    Linear algebra

    	
    		lines x col Matrix multiplied with a col - component vector, 
    		where lines <=  m and col <= n is performed in 
    
    			tmatrixVectorMult(lines,col) =  2 x lines +  log2 n is in O(lines)
    
    		YPOxxx performance is supra-linear: 
    				for each component of the resulting vector a mono-core engine uses more than 2 clock cycles.
    

    SHA-256

     	
    		Nvidia s GeForce GTX TITAN X:
    			Technology node: 28 nm
    			Die size: 601 mm2
    			No. of cores: 3092
    			fclock  = 1 GHz
    			Power: 250 Watt
    			SHA performance: 15.688 MH/sec/Watt
    		Our YPO2048
    				SHA performance: 57.6 MH/sec/Watt (measured on cycle accurate simulator)
    		YPO2048 performance/Nvidia performance = 3.37