Title :
Benchmarking message passing performance using MPI
Author :
Liu, Lok Tin ; Culler, David E. ; Yoshikawa, Chad
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci. Div., Berkeley Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes a set of microbenchmarks for measuring the performance characteristics of MPI implementations. We explain the rationale behind the benchmarks and present the benchmark results on the Intel Paragon, IBM SP2, and SGI Power Challenge. Our measurements reveal how the hardware architecture and the underlying MPI implementation affect the message passing performance on the three platforms
Keywords :
message passing; parallel machines; performance evaluation; IBM SP2; Intel Paragon; MPI; SGI Power Challenge; benchmarks; message passing; message passing performance; microbenchmarks; Computer buffers; Computer science; Hardware; Libraries; Measurement standards; Message passing; Parallel machines; Particle measurements; Standardization; Tin;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel Processing, 1996. Vol.3. Software., Proceedings of the 1996 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ithaca, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7623-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICPP.1996.537150
