Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4956773 | Microprocessors and Microsystems | 2017 | 27 Pages |
Abstract
With the prevalence of data-centric computing, the key to achieving energy efficiency is to reduce the latency and energy cost of data movement. Near data processing (NDP) is a such technique which, instead of moving data around, moves computing closer to where data is stored. The emerging 3D stacked memory brings such opportunities for achieving both high power-efficiency as well as less data movement overheads. In this paper, we exploit power efficient NDP architectures using the 3D stacked memory. We integrate the programmable GPU streaming multiprocessors into the NDP architectures, in order to fully exploit the bandwidth provided by 3D stacked memory. In addition, we study the tradeoffs between area, performance and power of the NDP components, especially the NoC designs. Our experimental results show that, compared to traditional architectures, the proposed GPU based NDP architectures can achieve up to 43.8% reduction in EDP and 41.9% improvement in power efficiency in terms of performance-per-Watt.
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Authors
Wen Wen, Jun Yang, Youtao Zhang,