DocumentCode
275698
Title
How long is a MegaFlop?
Author
Snelling, D.F.
Author_Institution
Leicester Univ., UK
fYear
1991
fDate
15-19 Apr 1991
Firstpage
145
Lastpage
149
Abstract
Investigates the nature of measurement, philosophically and historically. Some qualities of `good´ and `bad´ metrics are discussed. These are then used to take a critical look at the use and abuse of measurement in the empirical science of the development and promotion of parallel digital processing. The familiar metrics of speed-up, scaled speed-up, MegaFlops, and memory size are critiqued within this philosophical framework. Finally a small set of `good´ metrics for parallel processing is proposed and justified
Keywords
parallel processing; performance evaluation; philosophical aspects; MegaFlops; measurement; memory size; metrics; parallel digital processing; parallel processing; philosophy; speed-up;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Design and Application of Parallel Digital Processors, 1991., Second International Specialist Seminar on the
Conference_Location
Lisbon
Print_ISBN
0-85296-519-2
Type
conf
Filename
140036
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