• DocumentCode
    1244905
  • Title

    Performance metrics: keeping the focus on runtime

  • Author

    Sahni, Sartaj ; Thanvantri, Venkat

  • Author_Institution
    Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL, USA
  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1996
  • Firstpage
    43
  • Lastpage
    56
  • Abstract
    Although current parallel system performance metrics include the many variants of speedup, efficiency and isoefficiency, the authors argue that none should be used independently of system runtime. These secondary metrics only matter to the extent that they favor systems with better runtime
  • Keywords
    parallel machines; performance evaluation; efficiency; isoefficiency; parallel system performance metrics; speedup; system runtime; Application software; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer architecture; Concurrent computing; Foundries; Measurement; Microprocessors; Parallel architectures; Parallel processing; Runtime;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Parallel & Distributed Technology: Systems & Applications, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1063-6552
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/88.481664
  • Filename
    481664
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1244905