Performance analysis using the MIPS R10000 performance counters

Proceedings of the International Conference on Supercomputing

Volumn 1996-November, Issue , 1996, Pages

  Zagha, Marco ^a   Larson, Brond ^a   Turner, Steve ^a   Itzkowitz, Marty ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hardware performance counters; MIPS R10000; Performance analysis; Profiling tools; SGI Power Challenge

Indexed keywords

CACHE MEMORY;

APPLICATION PERFORMANCE; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; HARDWARE PERFORMANCE COUNTERS; MIPS R10000; MULTI-LEVEL MEMORY HIERARCHY; PERFORMANCE COUNTERS; PERFORMANCES ANALYSIS; POWER; PROFILING TOOLS; SGI POWER CHALLENGE;

SUPERCOMPUTERS;

EID: 84944805749     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SUPERC.1996.183522     Document Type: Conference Paper

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