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Treffer: Developing a Benchmark for Evaluating the Performance of Parallel Computers

Title:
Developing a Benchmark for Evaluating the Performance of Parallel Computers
Authors:
Williamson, D. Ladd
Source:
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
Publisher Information:
DigitalCommons@USU
Publication Year:
1994
Collection:
Utah State University: DigitalCommons@USU
Subject Terms:
portable suite, benchmarking programs, parallel computers, comparative measurement, parallel computing, p4, complex problems, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Document Type:
Fachzeitschrift text
File Description:
application/pdf
Language:
unknown
Relation:
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/honors/309; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/context/honors/article/1323/viewcontent/1994_Williamson_Ladd.pdf
DOI:
10.26076/d7a6-4299
Availability:
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https://doi.org/10.26076/d7a6-4299
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/context/honors/article/1323/viewcontent/1994_Williamson_Ladd.pdf
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Accession Number:
edsbas.20117AB5
Database:
BASE

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This paper discusses the development of a portable suite of benchmarking programs for parallel computers. Comparative measurement of the performance of parallel computing systems has been limited because of the great diversity of architectures and of processor interconnection schemes. One solution is to translate benchmark codes into a consistent and portable parallel language. This paper reports on progress in developing such a portable suite of benchmarks. An extensive introduction to parallel computing is included as an appendix, to provide a thorough understanding of the factors complicating development of the performance suite. Key to the development was the use of p4, a library of tools developed at Argonne National Laboratory. The benchmark codes were translated successfully using p4 and were run on a variety of parallel machines. Conclusions and suggestions for future work are given.