Title:
The Quest for a Zero Overhead Shared Memory Parallel Machine
The Quest for a Zero Overhead Shared Memory Parallel Machine
| dc.contributor.author | Shah, Gautam H. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Singla, Aman | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ramachandran, Umakishore | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2005-06-17T17:54:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2005-06-17T17:54:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1995 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | In this paper we present a new approach to benchmark the performance of shared memory systems. This approach focuses on recognizing how far off is the performance of a given memory system from a realistic ideal parallel machine. We define such a realistic machine model called the z-machine, which accounts for the inherent communication costs in an application by tracking the data flow in the application. The z-machine is incorporated into an execution-driven simulation framework to be used as a reference for benchmarking for different memory systems. The components of the overheads in these memory systems are identified and quantified for four applications. Using the z-machine performance as the standard to strive for we discuss the implications of the performance results and suggest architectural trends to pursue for realizing a zero overhead shared memory machine. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 163800 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/6679 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | CC Technical Report; GIT-CC-95-06 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Execution-driven simulation | |
| dc.subject | Communication overheads | |
| dc.subject | Latency tolerating techniques | |
| dc.subject | Synchronization | |
| dc.subject | Cache coherence protocols | |
| dc.subject.other | Shared memory multiprocessors | |
| dc.title | The Quest for a Zero Overhead Shared Memory Parallel Machine | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dc.type.genre | Technical Report | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.contributor.author | Ramachandran, Umakishore | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | College of Computing | |
| local.relation.ispartofseries | College of Computing Technical Report Series | |
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| relation.isOrgUnitOfPublication | c8892b3c-8db6-4b7b-a33a-1b67f7db2021 | |
| relation.isSeriesOfPublication | 35c9e8fc-dd67-4201-b1d5-016381ef65b8 |
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