© 2012 IBM Corporation Barcelona Supercomputing Center MICRO 2012 Lightning Session Monday, December 3, 2012 Systematic Energy Characterization of CMP/SMT.

© 2012 IBM CorporationBarcelona Supercomputing Center

MICRO 2012 Lightning SessionMonday, December 3, 2012

Systematic Energy Characterization of CMP/SMT Processor Systems via Automated Micro-Benchmarks

R. Bertran, A. Buyuktosunoglu, M. Gupta, M. Gonzalez, P. BoseMonday, December 3, 2012, Vancouver, BC, CA

Full presentation: Session IIIB - Energy II [British Ballroom]Tomorrow, 8:30AM

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Do I have power/thermal/noise

problems? Any performance bugs?

Any reliability issues?…

Full presentation: Session IIIB - Energy II [British Ballroom]Tomorrow, 8:30AM

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MICRO 2012 Lightning Session Monday, December 3, 2012

MicroProbe

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Do I have power/thermal/noise

problems? Any performance bugs?

Any reliability issues?…

Full presentation: Session IIIB - Energy II [British Ballroom]Tomorrow, 8:30AM

© 2012 IBM CorporationBarcelona Supercomputing Center

MICRO 2012 Lightning Session Monday, December 3, 2012

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MicroProbeFramework

UserMicro-Bench-mark

Inputs Outputs

Micro-benchmarkgeneration

policy

ArchitectureDefinition

files

EPI Characterization

Power ModelTraining Set

Micro-Bench-mark

Micro-Bench-mark

Micro-Bench-mark

Max Powerstressmark

External tools

Realplatforms

Simulators Models

•Adaptive and Flexible

•Includes micro-architecture semantics

•Integrates design space exploration

support

Full presentation: Session IIIB - Energy II [British Ballroom]Tomorrow, 8:30AM

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Various Motivations