Many-core Research Project
Welcome to the home page of
the Many-core Research Group here at the University of Bristol.
We are a dynamic, young group incorporating all aspects of many-core I.C. research, and comprises a specialised sub-set of the Microelectroncs Group
In particular, we comprise research spanning the full 'stack' of problems encountered when trying to design an efficient many-core system. Our main current direction is on energy-efficiency, with a particular emphasis on the energy costs of interconnect and data transfer on-chip. To solve this problem, we take an approach which leaverages the best information available from the application level, OS, scheduler and the hardware the processes run on. Then optimsations are performed at each level, from static compiler choices, right down to run-time optimisations in the interconnect hardware.
We believe that by looking at the whole picture, and not just focusing on local optimisations, we can obtain a close-to-optimal mapping of processes to processors from an energy point of view, and thus reduce overall interconnect energy costs.
We are a dynamic, young group incorporating all aspects of many-core I.C. research, and comprises a specialised sub-set of the Microelectroncs Group
In particular, we comprise research spanning the full 'stack' of problems encountered when trying to design an efficient many-core system. Our main current direction is on energy-efficiency, with a particular emphasis on the energy costs of interconnect and data transfer on-chip. To solve this problem, we take an approach which leaverages the best information available from the application level, OS, scheduler and the hardware the processes run on. Then optimsations are performed at each level, from static compiler choices, right down to run-time optimisations in the interconnect hardware.
We believe that by looking at the whole picture, and not just focusing on local optimisations, we can obtain a close-to-optimal mapping of processes to processors from an energy point of view, and thus reduce overall interconnect energy costs.
Research Interests
We are interested in all problems involved in the design of many-core structures, and these include:
- Energy-efficiency
- On-chip interconnects and NoC implementations
- Parallel algorithm design
- Scheduling and highly-parallel OS design
Current projects
Swallow Many-core Project
The Swallow Project has a dedicated webpage here.
There is an embedded calendar with paper deadlines and seminars etc. available.
People
The following people are members of the many-core research group, here at Bristol:
Academic Staff
 Dr Kerstin Eder |
 Simon Hollis |
 David May |
 Dr José Nuñez-Yañez |
Research Students
 Jamie Hanlon |
 Steve Kerrison |