The Future in Mobile Multicore Computing
Department of Computer and Information sciences, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Chapter in "Scalable Computing: Theory and Practice", 2011
@article{hurd2011future,
title={The Future in Mobile Multicore Computing},
author={Hurd, B. and Tan, C.C. and Wu, J.},
year={2011}
}
Mobile computers are an essential part of consumer technology, and we are fast approaching a future where all mobile computers have general purpose GPUs (GPGPUs) and multicore CPUs in them. We describe this development as Mobile Multicore Computing (MMC). In this paper, we discuss the importance of MMC, as well as three critical issues associated with MMC: implementing GPGPU, intelligent power scaling and effective multi-tasking of application execution. We discuss hardware and software support and their impact on addressing these issues. We also survey the initiatives of recent industry and research groups in these areas.
December 20, 2011 by hgpu
