A Survey on Heterogeneous Computing Using SmartNICs and Emerging Data Processing Units
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| author | Tibbetts, Nathan Ibtisum, Sifat Puri, Satish |
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| contents | The emergence of new, off-path smart network cards (SmartNICs), known generally as Data Processing Units (DPU), has opened a wide range of research opportunities. Of particular interest is the use of these and related devices in tandem with their host's CPU, creating a heterogeneous computing system with new properties and strengths to be explored, capable of accelerating a wide variety of workloads. This survey begins by providing the motivation and relevant background information for this new field, including its origins, a few current hardware offerings, major programming languages and frameworks for using them, and associated challenges. We then review and categorize a number of recent works in the field, covering a wide variety of studies, benchmarks, and application areas, such as data center infrastructure, commercial uses, and AI and ML acceleration. We conclude with a few observations. |
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| spellingShingle | A Survey on Heterogeneous Computing Using SmartNICs and Emerging Data Processing Units Tibbetts, Nathan Ibtisum, Sifat Puri, Satish Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing Networking and Internet Architecture C.2.4; C.2.1 The emergence of new, off-path smart network cards (SmartNICs), known generally as Data Processing Units (DPU), has opened a wide range of research opportunities. Of particular interest is the use of these and related devices in tandem with their host's CPU, creating a heterogeneous computing system with new properties and strengths to be explored, capable of accelerating a wide variety of workloads. This survey begins by providing the motivation and relevant background information for this new field, including its origins, a few current hardware offerings, major programming languages and frameworks for using them, and associated challenges. We then review and categorize a number of recent works in the field, covering a wide variety of studies, benchmarks, and application areas, such as data center infrastructure, commercial uses, and AI and ML acceleration. We conclude with a few observations. |
| title | A Survey on Heterogeneous Computing Using SmartNICs and Emerging Data Processing Units |
| topic | Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing Networking and Internet Architecture C.2.4; C.2.1 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.03653 |