Load balancing system for the execution of applications on reconfigurable processors

A method of operating a data processing system in a client-server configuration for executing first and second applications that a client in the client-server configuration can offload for execution onto the data processing system, the data processing system comprising a pool of reconfigurable data flow resources that comprises arrays of coarse-grained reconfigurable (CGR) units, that is partitionable into a predetermined number of partitions, wherein each partition of the predetermined number of partitions comprises at least one array of coarse-grained reconfigurable units, and that is configured to execute the first application in a first runtime context and the second application in a second runtime context, and a server in the client-server configuration that comprises a storage device and a host processor that is coupled to the storage device and to the pool of reconfigurable data flow resources, wherein the server is coupled to the client, the method comprising:

• with the server, establishing a session with the client;
• receiving, with the server, a first execution request for executing the first application from the client;
• receiving, with the server, a second execution request for executing the second application from the client;
• in response to receiving the first execution request, starting a first execution of the first application in the first runtime context;
• in response to receiving the second execution request, starting a second execution of the second application in the second runtime context;
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• balancing, with the server, a first load from the first execution with a second load from the second execution.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing unit, cause the processing unit to operate a server in a client-server configuration, the server being part of a data processing system for executing first and second applications that a client in the client-server configuration, coupled to the server, can offload for execution onto the data processing system, the data processing system further comprising a pool of reconfigurable data flow resources coupled to the server that comprises arrays of coarse-grained reconfigurable (CGR) units, that is partitionable into a predetermined number of partitions, wherein each partition of the predetermined number of partitions comprises at least one array of coarse-grained reconfigurable units, and that is configured to execute the first application in a first runtime context and the second application in a second runtime context, the instructions comprising:

• establishing a session with the client;
• receiving a first execution request for executing the first application from the client;
• receiving a second execution request for executing the second application from the client;
• in response to receiving the first execution request, starting a first execution of the first application in the first runtime context;
• in response to receiving the second execution request, starting a second execution of the second application in the second runtime context;
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• balancing a first load from the first execution with a second load from the second execution.