diff --git a/doc/papers/2010/ppopp/lofar.tex b/doc/papers/2010/ppopp/lofar.tex index 93aac0a4b2480d1ad4bdc374f1c1d1d23ca08a76..d72c54e41b58fb138d4dc5497e9e605974a1f7df 100644 --- a/doc/papers/2010/ppopp/lofar.tex +++ b/doc/papers/2010/ppopp/lofar.tex @@ -709,18 +709,18 @@ Figure~\ref{fig:cn-processing}. \label{fig:round-robin} \end{figure} -The I/O~node chops the data stream that comes from the station into chunks of -one frequency subband and approximately one second of time. -Such a chunk is the unit of data that is sent to the compute node for further -processing. -Since processing a chunk typically takes much longer than one second, -the chunks are distributed round robin over a group of processor cores, -as illustrated by Figure~\ref{fig:round-robin}. -Subsequent chunks are processed by different processor cores. -A core must finish its work before it is time to process the next chunk. -A core first receives data from the I/O~node (green in the figure), -processes them (yellow), sends back the results (red), and idles until the -I/O~node sends new data. +The I/O~node chops the data stream that comes from the station into +chunks of one frequency subband and approximately one second of time. +Such a chunk is the unit of data that is sent to the compute node for +further processing. Since processing a chunk typically takes much +longer than one second, the chunks are distributed round robin over a +group of processor cores, as illustrated by +Figure~\ref{fig:round-robin}. Subsequent chunks are processed by +different processor cores. A core must finish its work before it is +time to process the next chunk. A core first receives data from the +I/O~node (green in the figure, the left side of the bars), processes +them (yellow, middle part of the bars), sends back the results (red, +right side of the bars), and idles until the I/O~node sends new data. For simplicity, Figure~\ref{fig:round-robin} shows the processing of three subbands on six cores. diff --git a/doc/papers/2010/ppopp/round-robin.pdf b/doc/papers/2010/ppopp/round-robin.pdf index d0cc39278add8fd1164f6e9ce174826171d155fc..d6a7b6b703f86f7b417c932e6696d6e03360c5c6 100644 Binary files a/doc/papers/2010/ppopp/round-robin.pdf and b/doc/papers/2010/ppopp/round-robin.pdf differ