Multi-criteria power management scheme for pooled accelerator architectures

A product comprising one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one computer processor, enable the at least one computer processor to implement operations at a computing device, the operations including:

• processing respective requests from respective ones of a plurality of nodes within a network fabric, the respective requests addressed to a plurality of corresponding accelerators of a plurality of pooled accelerators within the network fabric, each of the respective requests including information on a kernel to be executed by a corresponding accelerator of the plurality of corresponding accelerators, on the corresponding accelerator, and on a performance target for execution of the kernel;
• and
• based on the information in said each of the respective requests, controlling a power supply to the corresponding accelerator.

A computing device configured to be used as part of a network fabric that includes a plurality of nodes and a plurality of pooled accelerators communicatively coupled to the nodes, the computing device including:

• means for processing respective requests from respective ones of the plurality of nodes, the respective requests addressed to a plurality of corresponding accelerators of the plurality of pooled accelerators, each of the respective requests including information on a kernel to be executed by a corresponding accelerator of the plurality of corresponding accelerators, on the corresponding accelerator, and on a performance target for execution of the kernel;
• and
• means for controlling, based on the information in said each of the respective requests, a power supply to the corresponding accelerator.