Create a model plugin for GPU energy consumption

[jmcook1186]

Story

As a user, I want to track the environmental impact of my application that runs on GPUs.

Rationale

Today, the set of IF models only accounts for CPU usage, generally by doing calculations based on the thermal design power of the specific chip. However, many of the most compute-intensive applications rely upon GPUs, not CPUs, to do most of the heavy work. Therefore, it is necessary to have at least one GPU model plugin for the IF.

Scope

This should be a model plugin that conforms to the IF model plugin interface.

Implementation guidelines

• This model MUST conform to the IF model plugin interface
• This model MUST be specific to the exact GPU being used
• This model MUST take into account actual usage
• The model MUST return a value, energy-cpu that measures the energy used by a CPU over a given duration
• The model must return energy-gpu in units of kWh
• The model must accept duration in units of seconds an input.
• The model SHOULD be written in Typescript
• The model MUST have unit tests that demonstrate correct execution
• The model MUST have documentation in the form of a README that explains how to use.

Difficulty

3/5
This is an estimate of the difficulty as it's not immediately clear what is required to estimate GPU energy usage. Some work my have to be done in researching possible calculations before model building begins.

Impact

4/5
This will unlock many applications for IF

Examples and resources

IF docs
Model building tutorial