Title :
Performance metrics: keeping the focus on runtime
Author :
Sahni, Sartaj ; Thanvantri, Venkat
Author_Institution :
Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL, USA
Abstract :
Although current parallel system performance metrics include the many variants of speedup, efficiency and isoefficiency, the authors argue that none should be used independently of system runtime. These secondary metrics only matter to the extent that they favor systems with better runtime
Keywords :
parallel machines; performance evaluation; efficiency; isoefficiency; parallel system performance metrics; speedup; system runtime; Application software; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer architecture; Concurrent computing; Foundries; Measurement; Microprocessors; Parallel architectures; Parallel processing; Runtime;
Journal_Title :
Parallel & Distributed Technology: Systems & Applications, IEEE
