Computation efficiency of master-slave processors in multitasking applications: a performance analysis

• Main Author: Mukerjee, Malay R.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya 1997
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/49443/1/Computation%20efficiency%20of%20master-slave%20processors%20in%20multitasking%20applications%20a%20performance%20analysis.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/49443/; http://e-journal.um.edu.my/publish/MJCS/132-146

Examines the computational efficiency of the master slave Multiple processor architectures system by considering a system consisting of a master M and p slave processors. The system performance is found by modelling it as a Markov process and a new method presented for computing the steady-state performance by dividing the state space into an interior and boundary space. The throughput of the system is then compared with that of a cost equivalent single processor using different values for the well-known Grosch parameter. It is demonstrated that the system is computationally efficient only for a sufficiently large number of jobs.