Experimentally characterizing the behavior of multiprocessor memory systems: a case study

Author

Gallivan, K. ; Gannon, D. ; Jalby, W. ; Malony, A. ; Wijshoff, H.

Author_Institution

Center for Supercomput. Res. & Dev., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA

Volume

16

Issue

2

fYear

1990

fDate

2/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

216

Lastpage

223

Abstract

It is demonstrated how the behavior of a cache-based multi-vector-processor memory system can be systematically characterized and its performance experimentally correlated with key features of the address stream. The approach is based on the definition of a family of parameterized kernels used to explore specific aspects of the memory system´s performance. The empirical results from this kernel suite provide the data from which architectural or algorithmic characteristics can be studied. The results of applying the approach to an Alliant FX/8 are presented and evaluated

Keywords

buffer storage; multiprocessing systems; program testing; storage management; Alliant FX/8; address stream; algorithmic characteristics; behavior analysis; cache-based multi-vector-processor; multiprocessor memory systems; parameterized kernels; performance analysis; Analytical models; Computer aided software engineering; Hardware; Kernel; Multiprocessing systems; Performance analysis; Queueing analysis; Random access memory;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-5589

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/32.44384

Filename

44384