Harnessing the power of next-generation shared memory multiprocessors

利用下一代共享内存多处理器的强大功能

• 批准号: 435900-2013
• 负责人: Golab, Wojciech
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: University of Waterloo
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=652086
• 关键词: Harnessing; power; next; generation; shared

After decades of research, distributed computing continues to provide stimulating challenges and opportunities driven by disruptive innovations in hardware design. Breaking the mold of traditional distributed computing models, tomorrow's distributed systems will see large numbers of cores connected in complex ways, new instruction set features, advanced power management capabilities, and non-volatile memories. These design features promise to make future distributed systems more capable than ever before, at the expense of more complex software.****The long-term goal of this research program is to harness the power of next-generation distributed computing platforms by revisiting fundamental questions, such as how parallel threads of execution can share resources effectively, and how large systems can survive the failure of software and hardware components. In the short-term, the program will focus on tools and techniques for implementing highly-parallel and fault-tolerant data structures. The specific objectives of the program are: (1) to understand the cost of synchronization in emerging multi-core platforms, and use the insights gained to design efficient shared data structures for such platforms; (2) to develop more robust and efficient mechanisms for distributing data structures across clusters of servers; and (3) to devise improved techniques for protecting shared data structures against failures using non-volatile memory.****By embracing new opportunities in distributed computing, this program will advance fundamental research necessary for building novel information systems on tomorrow's hardware platforms, and train highly qualified personnel in skills essential to Canada's technological leadership.

经过几十年的研究，分布式计算在硬件设计的颠覆性创新的推动下，继续提供激动人心的挑战和机遇。打破传统分布式计算模型的模式，未来的分布式系统将看到大量以复杂方式连接的核心、新的指令集功能、高级电源管理功能和非易失性存储器。这些设计功能承诺以更复杂的软件为代价，使未来的分布式系统比以往任何时候都更强大。*该研究计划的长期目标是通过重新探讨基本问题来利用下一代分布式计算平台的能力，例如并行执行线程如何有效地共享资源，以及大型系统如何在软件和硬件组件发生故障时幸存下来。短期内，该计划将重点放在实现高度并行和容错数据结构的工具和技术上。该计划的具体目标是：(1)了解新兴多核平台的同步成本，并利用所获得的见解为此类平台设计高效的共享数据结构；(2)开发更健壮和高效的机制，用于跨服务器集群分布数据结构；以及(3)设计改进的技术，利用非易失性存储器保护共享数据结构免受故障。*通过抓住分布式计算的新机遇，该计划将推进在未来硬件平台上构建新型信息系统所需的基础研究，并培训高素质的人才，掌握加拿大技术领先所必需的技能。