An environment for transputer CPU load measurements. De Pietro, G. & Villano, U. In OUG-13: Real-Time Systems with Transputers, pages 74–82. IOS Press, Amsterdam, 1990.
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In a multiprocessor system an uneven load balancing can usually dramatically reduce the performance of the parallel program running on it. Hence it is of paramount importance to be able to estimate the CPU and communication loads of every task before the program is actually executed so that the optimal application partitioning can be found. In this paper the problem of CPU load measurement is tackled, and a measurement environment is illustrated in which the processes to be allocated to the processors in the network are run in quasi-concurrence on a single Transputer. A technique based on active process list manipulation makes it possible to perform a fairly accurate measurement of the CPU activity of the parallel processes in the application using the Transputer internal tinier as a reference clock.
@incollection{Villano-b.08,
	Abstract = {In a multiprocessor system an uneven load balancing
		 can usually dramatically reduce the performance of the
		 parallel program running on it. Hence it is of
		 paramount importance to be able to estimate the CPU and
		 communication loads of every task before the program is
		 actually executed so that the optimal application
		 partitioning can be found. In this paper the problem of
		 CPU load measurement is tackled, and a measurement
		 environment is illustrated in which the processes to be
		 allocated to the processors in the network are run in
		 quasi-concurrence on a single Transputer. A technique
		 based on active process list manipulation makes it
		 possible to perform a fairly accurate measurement of
		 the CPU activity of the parallel processes in the
		 application using the Transputer internal tinier as a
		 reference clock.},
	Address = {Amsterdam},
	Author = {Giuseppe {De Pietro} and Umberto Villano},
	Booktitle = {OUG-13: Real-Time Systems with Transputers},
	Date-Modified = {2011-05-29 21:21:48 +0200},
	Editor = {H. S. M. Zedan},
	Pages = {74--82},
	Publisher = {IOS Press},
	Title = {An environment for transputer {CPU} load measurements},
	Year = {1990}}

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