Title :
Benchmark characterization
Author :
Conte, Thomas M. ; Hwu, Wen-Mei W.
Author_Institution :
Center for Reliable & High-Performance Comput., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
The design of experimental systems usually employ some form of simulation. The inputs to the simulation are typically standard benchmarks. This paper presents a method for finding a cost-effective design for each benchmark. This method is called benchmark characterization. Benchmark characterization is possible in part due to the advent of high-performance architecture-independent compiler technology. To demonstrate the method, seven benchmarks are characterized. Five of the benchmarks are from the SPEC benchmark set (gcc, espresso, spice, li and matrix300) and two are popular synthetic benchmarks (dhrystone and whetstone). Benchmark characteristics are reported for the processor, memory system, and operating system
Keywords :
buffer storage; performance evaluation; storage management; SPEC benchmark set; TLB; abstract performance; benchmark characterization; dhrystone; espresso; gcc; high-performance architecture-independent compiler technology; li; matrix300; memory system; operating system; spice; translation lookaside buffer requirements; whetstone; Books; Clocks; Computational modeling; Degradation; Horses; Operating systems; Runtime; Virtual prototyping;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1991. Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kauai, HI
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1991.183907
