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dc.contributor.authorSantner, Shane R.
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-08T19:25:40Z
dc.date.available2021-10-08T19:25:40Z
dc.date.issued2007-05-31
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/32093
dc.descriptionThesis (M.S.)--University of Kansas, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, 2007.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis presents the design of a Symmetric Multiprocessor (SMP) hybridthreads (hthreads) system that allows multiple threads to execute in parallel across multiple processors controlled by a single hardware scheduler. This approach increases the performance of software at a minimal cost to hardware. The issues that must be addressed for extending a uniprocessor kernel include system initialization, processor identification, context switching and concurrency control. As a proof of concept this thesis shows how hthreads, an existing hardware/software co-designed kernel can be extended to control multiple processors from a single, centralized hardware scheduler. Analysis results from executing on hardware reveal that for computationally intensive programs the typical speedup is in the range of 1.65x. This shows improvement in system performance while also illustrating issues associated with bus arbitration and memory access times.en_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansasen_US
dc.rightsThis item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author.en_US
dc.subjectApplied sciencesen_US
dc.titleSymmetric multiprocessor design for hybrid CPU/FPGA SoCsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineElectrical Engineering & Computer Science
dc.thesis.degreeLevelM.S.
kusw.bibid6599257
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccessen_US


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