SPECIALIZING A PLANET'S COMPUTATION: ASIC CLOUDS

【Author】 Khazraee, Moein; Gutierrez, Luis Vega; Magaki, Ikuo; Taylor, Michael Bedford

【Source】IEEE MICRO

【影响因子】2.821

【Abstract】ASIC Clouds, a natural evolution to CPU- and GPU-based clouds, are purpose-built datacenters filled with ASIC accelerators. ASIC Clouds may seem improbable due to high non-recurring engineering (NRE) costs and ASIC inflexibility, but large-scale Bitcoin ASIC Clouds already exist. This article distills lessons from these primordial ASIC Clouds and proposes new planet-scale YouTube-style video-transcoding and Deep Learning ASIC clouds, showing superior total cost of ownership. ASIC Cloud NRE and economics are also examined.

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【发表时间】2017 MAY-JUN

【收录时间】2022-01-02

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