Performance Evaluation of Multiprocessor Systems Containing Special Purpose Processors

Abstract

The relative merits of two different types of multiprocessor systems are compared in terms of their effective processing capabilities. These two types of multiprocessors are: (1) one which contains general purpose processors; and (2) the other which contains special purpose processors. A deterministic model and queueing theoretical models of these systems are described. The potential performance improvement by multitasking is discussed in terms of the number of processors and the degree of concurrency in jobs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA102227

Entities

People

  • Chung Laung Liu
  • Haruaki Yamazaki
  • Jane W. Liu
  • Nabuyoshi Miyazaki

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computations
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Equations
  • Markov Chains
  • Multiprocessors
  • Multithreading
  • Operating Systems
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Scheduling (Production)
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Theoretical Analysis.