Discussion of: Moving Compute towards Data in Heterogeneous multi-FPGA Clusters using Partial Reconfiguration and I/O Virtualisation

David:

• Started to get lost around page 3
• PR = Partial Reconfiguration = uploading new algorithms to FPGA without re-flashing entire board(?)
• I/O virtualization
• Design requires compute resources to be distributed throughout storage resources. (cost/benefit?)
• "... offers users with an illusion of a single and large FPGA, in which they can develop, deploy, and execute applications at large-scale with ease to achieve energy-efficient HPC"
• Does the benefit only come if the data you need to process happens to be spread out over many nodes?
  • Motivates distributing data as evenly as possible over storage.
  • Energy used to extract data from disk? SSD not a problem. Could be increased energy though if you need to spin up two HDDs as opposed to one.

Diana:

• NY Article on Master/Slave terminology