Experiences with Performance Measurement and Modeling of a Processor Array

Author

Fromm, Hansjörg ; Hercksen, Uwe ; Herzog, Ulrich ; John, Karl-heinz ; Klar, Rainer ; Kleinöder, Wolfgang

Author_Institution

Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institut für Mathematische Maschinen und Datenverarbeitung (VII)

Issue

1

fYear

1983

Firstpage

15

Lastpage

31

Abstract

The evolution of technology provides the opportunity of forming large processor ensembles working closely together. When decomposing application programs and assigning subtasks to different processors we expect not only high throughput, but also the fastest possible execution of each individual demand. The level of performance in these areas is strongly influenced by the hardware interconnection structure and by the communication software.

Keywords

Computer system modeling; hardware measurement; multiprocessing; parallel processing; performance evaluation; process communication; process synchronization; processor-arrays; queueing network models; Application software; Concurrent computing; Distributed computing; Hardware; Interference; Parallel processing; Predictive models; Software measurement; Software performance; Throughput; Computer system modeling; hardware measurement; multiprocessing; parallel processing; performance evaluation; process communication; process synchronization; processor-arrays; queueing network models;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computers, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9340

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TC.1983.1676120

Filename

1676120