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A configuration design problem in mechanical engineering involves finding an optimal assembly of components and joints that realizes some desired performance criteria. Such a problem is a discrete, constrained, and black-box optimization…
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NVIDIA's Multi-Instance GPU (MIG) is a feature that enables system designers to reconfigure one large GPU into multiple smaller GPU slices. This work characterizes this emerging GPU and evaluates its effectiveness in designing…
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