Computer Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking: SPEC Benchmark Workshop 2009, Austin, TX, USA, January 25, 2009, Proceedings / Edition 1

by David Kaeli

Overview

This book constitutes the proceedings of the SPEC Benchmark Workshop 2009 held in Austin, Texas, USA on January 25th, 2009. The 9 papers presented were carefully selected and reviewed for inclusion in the book. The result is a collection of high-quality papers discussing current issues in the area of benchmarking research and technology. The topics covered are: benchmark suites, CPU benchmarking, power/thermal benchmarking, and modeling and sampling techniques.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540937982
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	02/13/2009
Series:	Lecture Notes in Computer Science , #5419
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	145
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

Benchmark Suites.- SPECrate2006: Alternatives Considered, Lessons Learned.- SPECjvm2008 Performance Characterization.- CPU Benchmarking.- Performance Characterization of Itanium® 2-Based Montecito Processor.- A Tale of Two Processors: Revisiting the RISC-CISC Debate.- Investigating Cache Parameters of x86 Family Processors.- Power/Thermal Benchmarking.- The Next Frontier for Power/Performance Benchmarking: Energy Efficiency of Storage Subsystems.- Thermal Design Space Exploration of 3D Die Stacked Multi-core Processors Using Geospatial-Based Predictive Models.- Modeling and Sampling Techniques.- Generation, Validation and Analysis of SPEC CPU2006 Simulation Points Based on Branch, Memory and TLB Characteristics.- A Note on the Effects of Service Time Distribution in the M/G/1 Queue.