Methodology for Performance Evaluation for High Performance Computer Systems

本项目的目标是研究和开发用于先进多处理器系统性能分析的硬件和软件。这项工作是围绕雪松多处理器项目展开的，部分资金来自NSF的另一项拨款。其目的是开发可应用于Cedar机器和Alliant FX/8性能评估的测量和分析工具。其中包括静态分析工具，以解决与高效使用多处理器相关的算法/体系结构映射问题。它还包括开发用于动态分析的仪器；即用于从Cedar系统收集运行时执行数据的硬件和软件。另一个相关的目标是通过分析Cedar上的多任务程序来研究几种虚拟执行技术。对并行机性能的评估还处于初级阶段，该领域很可能会从拟议的工作中受益。这是国内在并行处理方面最强大的研究小组之一。他们的记录令人印象深刻。强烈建议减少这项工作的资金。

The objective of this project is the study and development of hardware and software for performance analysis of advanced multiprocessor systems. The work is centered around the Cedar multiprocessor project, partly funded under another NSF grant. The intent is to develop measurements and analytic tools that can be applied to the performance evaluation of the Cedar machine as well as Alliant FX/8. These include static analysis tools to address the algorithm/architecture mapping issues related to the efficient use of multiprocessors. It also includes the development of instrumentation for dynamic analysis; namely, hardware and software for collecting run-time execution data from the Cedar system. Another related goal is to investigate several techniques for virtual execution from analysis of multitasked programs on Cedar. The evaluation of parallel machine performance is in its infancy and it is likely that the field may benefit from the work proposed. This is one of the strongest research groups in parallel processing in the country. Their track record is impressive. The funding of this work at reduced level is strongly recommended.