GPU Virtualization and Scheduling Methods: A Comprehensive Surveyopen access
- Authors
- Hong, Cheol-Ho; Spence, Ivor; Nikolopoulos, Dimitrios S.
- Issue Date
- Oct-2017
- Publisher
- ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY
- Keywords
- GPU virtualization; GPU scheduling methods; cloud computing; CPU-GPU heterogeneous computing
- Citation
- ACM COMPUTING SURVEYS, v.50, no.3
- Journal Title
- ACM COMPUTING SURVEYS
- Volume
- 50
- Number
- 3
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/67998
- DOI
- 10.1145/3068281
- ISSN
- 0360-0300
1557-7341
- Abstract
- The integration of graphics processing units (GPUs) on high-end compute nodes has established a new accelerator-based heterogeneous computing model, which now permeates high-performance computing. The same paradigm nevertheless has limited adoption in cloud computing or other large-scale distributed computing paradigms. Heterogeneous computing with GPUs can benefit the Cloud by reducing operational costs and improving resource and energy efficiency. However, such a paradigm shift would require effective methods for virtualizing GPUs, as well as other accelerators. In this survey article, we present an extensive and in-depth survey of GPU virtualization techniques and their scheduling methods. We review a wide range of virtualization techniques implemented at the GPU library, driver, and hardware levels. Furthermore, we review GPU scheduling methods that address performance and fairness issues between multiple virtual machines sharing GPUs. We believe that our survey delivers a perspective on the challenges and opportunities for virtualization of heterogeneous computing environments.
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