Title :
Customizable Domain-Specific Computing
Author :
Cong, Jason ; Sarkar, Vivek ; Reinman, Glenn ; Bui, Alex
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
To meet computing needs and overcome power density limitations, the computing industry has entered the era of parallelization. However, highly parallel, general-purpose computing systems face serious challenges in terms of performance, energy, heat dissipation, space, and cost. We believe that there is significant opportunity to look beyond parallelization and focus on domain-specific customization to bring significant power-performance efficiency improvement.
Keywords :
general purpose computers; parallel processing; computing industry; customizable domain specific computing; heat dissipation; parallel general purpose computing system; parallelization era; power density limitation; power performance efficiency; customization; design and test; domain-specific computing; medical imaging; power/performance efficiency;
Journal_Title :
Design & Test of Computers, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MDT.2010.141