Performance evaluation of the SGI origin2000: A memory-centric characterization of LANL ASCI applications

Proceedings of the International Conference on Supercomputing

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Wassermann, Harvey J ^a   Lubeck, Olaf M ^a   Luo, Yong ^a   Bassetti, Federico ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmark; Cache; Memory model; Performance

Indexed keywords

MEMORY ARCHITECTURE;

CACHE; HIERARCHICAL MEMORY; MEMORY MODELING; MEMORY OPERATIONS; MEMORY SUBSYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE MODEL;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 84900305394     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/509593.509636     Document Type: Conference Paper

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