On the performance evaluation and analytic modeling of shared-memory computers
James Nechvatal · 1988
We survey and discuss analytic performance models for shared-memory computers.Our purpose is to assess these models to determine if they are relevant to the task of assisting the Office of Export Administration in establishing guidelines for exports of computers.The focus of this study is on the assumptions made by modelers regarding interconnection networks and memory access patterns exhibited by applications.The great majority of models concentrate on analyzing a small collection of networks.Furthermore, most modelers make strong as- sumptions regarding the independence and uniform distribution of memory accesses.The consequences of these assumptions in the resulting models are noted.