Dynamic load balancing on networked multi-core computers

Abstract

As multi-core computers becoming the main computation force of the computer network, dynamic load balancing for parallel applications on multi-core computers needs to be studied. The paper describes a method for extending the dynamic load balancing tool to support multi-core computers. The method scales all cost function information into per CPU core unit and performs dynamic load balancing in terms of CPU cores. The parallel processes are assigned to each computer (not each CPU core) assuming that the operating system assigns the parallel processes equally among all CPU cores. The proposed tool has been successfully tested for supporting parallel CFD applications. © 2010 Springer.