Title :
SMILE: Scientific Parallel Multiprocessing based on Low-Cost Reconfigurable Hardware
Author :
Castillo, E. ; Pedraza, C. ; Castillo, J. ; Camarero, C. ; Bosque, José L. ; Menendez, R. ; Martinez, Jose I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Electron. y Comput., Univ. de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
Abstract :
The SMILE project attempts to build efficient lowcost clusters based on FPGA boards using their reconfigurability capabilities. A real parallel application of Content-Based Information Retrieval over the SMILE cluster is presented. Using this application the SMILE cluster¿s performance is evaluated and compared in terms of time and power consumption with traditional cluster architecture.
Keywords :
content-based retrieval; coprocessors; field programmable gate arrays; image retrieval; multiprocessing systems; parallel architectures; reconfigurable architectures; FPGA boards; SMILE; content based image retrieval; content-based information retrieval; coprocessor architecture; low-cost reconfigurable hardware; scientific parallel multiprocessing; Computer architecture; Concurrent computing; Content based retrieval; Coprocessors; Energy consumption; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Linux; Parallel processing; Transceivers;
Conference_Titel :
Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines, 2008. FCCM '08. 16th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Palo Alto, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3307-0
DOI :
10.1109/FCCM.2008.11
