Gordon: An Improved Architecture for Data-Intensive Applications

Adrian Caulfield; Laura M. Grupp; Steven Swanson

Gordon: An Improved Architecture for Data-Intensive Applications

Adrian Caulfield ,
Laura M. Grupp ,
Steven Swanson

IEEE Micro | January 2010 , Vol 30: pp. 121-130

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Gordon is a system architecture for data-centric applications combining low-power processors, flash memory, and data-centric programming systems to improve performance and efficiency for data-centric applications, the article explores the Gordon design space and the design of a specialized flash translation layer. Gordon systems can outperform disk-based clusters by 1.5x and deliver 2.5x more performance per watt.