Testbed for thermal and performance analysis in MPSoC systems

Many modern computing platforms in the safety-critical domains are based on heterogeneous Multiprocessor System-on-Chip (MPSoC). Such computing platforms are expected to guarantee high-performance within a strict thermal envelope. This paper introduces a testbed for thermal and performance analysis. The testbed allows the users to develop advanced scheduling and resource allocation techniques aiming at finding an optimal trade-off between the peak temperature and the achieved performance. This paper presents a new, open-source Thermobench tool for data collection and analysis of user-defined workloads. Furthermore, a methodology for shortening the time needed for the data collection is proposed. Experiments show that a significant amount of time can be saved. Specifically, time reduction from 60 minutes to 15 minutes is achieved with the i.MX8 MPSoC from NXP while running a set of user-defined benchmarks that stress CPU, GPU, and different levels of the memory hierarchy.

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1. This research has received funding from the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking under the European Union’s H2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreements No 807081 and No 832011.

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2. Track 5: Software and System Engineering

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3. Technical Session: Joint 40th IEEE Software Engineering Workshop and 7th International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems

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4. Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2021).