Computer Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking: Spec Benchmark Workshop 2009, Austin, Tx, Usa, January 25, 2009, Proceedings

ISBN-13: 9783540937982 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 145 str.

David Kaeli

Opis

Thisvolumecontainsthesetofpaperspresentedatthe SPECBenchmarkWo- shop 2009 held January 25 in Austin, Texas, USA. The program included eight refereed papers, a keynote talk on virtualization technology benchmarking, an invited paper on power benchmarking and a panel on multi-core benchmarking. EachrefereedpaperwasreviewedbyatleastfourProgramCommitteemembers. The result is a collection of high-quality papers discussing current issues in the area of benchmarking research and technology. A number of people contributed to the success of this workshop.Rudi Eig- mann served as General Chair and ably handled many of the details involved with providing a high-quality meeting. We would like to thank the members of the Program Committee for their time and e?ort in arriving at a high-quality program.We wouldalsolike to acknowledgethe guidance providedby the SPEC Workshop Steering Committee. Wewouldliketothankthesta?atSpringerfortheircooperationandsupport. We want to particularly recognize Dianne Rice for her assistance and guidance, and also Kathy Power, Cathy Sandifer and the whole SPEC o?ce for their help. And nally, we want to thank all SPEC members for their continued support and sponsorship of this meeting. January 2009 David Kaeli Kai Sachs Organization SPEC Benchmark Workshop 2009 was sponsored by the Standard Performance EvaluationCorporationincooperationwithIEEETechnicalCommitteeonC- puter Architecture (TCAA).

Spis treści

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.

Blurb

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.