Title :
Issues related to the structure and performance of parallel applications in a production environment
Author_Institution :
Theory Center, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
The Perfect Benchmark suite was an attempt to assemble a realistic collection of application codes which could be used by computer scientists for performance evaluation, exploration of new architectural features, and testing compiler technologies. This paper surveys the origin, use, and inherent biases in the suite
Keywords :
parallel processing; performance evaluation; Perfect Benchmark suite; application codes; architectural features; compiler technologies testing; computer scientists; performance evaluation; production environment; Computer performance; Parallel processing; Supercomputers;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel Processing, 1996. Proceedings of the 1996 ICPP Workshop on Challenges for
Conference_Location :
Ithaca, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7623-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICPPW.1996.538588
