Dynamic Scheduling and Resource Management in Heterogeneous Computing Environments with Reconfigurable Hardware

Dynamically reconfigurable hardware resources within complex heterogeneous computing environments show tremendous potential for an improvement in system performance, a reduction in the necessary number of processing resources, an increase in system degradability in the presence of faults, and an expansion of system flexibility, field upgradeability, and system lifecycles. However, efficient management and task scheduling for these resources demands the consideration of a number of factors beyond those necessary for more traditional systems. The document addresses the key issues associated with the exploitation of dynamically reconfigurable hardware. The patented Dynamic Logic Run-Time Resource Manager (DLRM), a middleware architecture developed specifically to address these challenges, is presented.