A comparison of two memory models for high performance computers

Peter L. Bird; Nigel P. Topham; Sathiamoorthy Manoharan

doi:10.1007/3-540-55895-0_436

A comparison of two memory models for high performance computers

Peter L. Bird, Nigel P. Topham, Sathiamoorthy Manoharan

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High performance scientific computers require high bandwidth memory systems. The size of data sets for large scientific codes implies the need for a memory system which contains independent, interleaved banks. We compare the performance of two different control structures for an interleaved memory: bank buffering and address stream lookahead. We show that a centralized lookahead memory controller provides equivalent memory performance to a bank buffering system while simplifying implementation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Parallel Processing: CONPAR 92—VAPP V
Subtitle of host publication	Second Joint International Conference on Vector and Parallel Processing Lyon, France, September 1–4, 1992 Proceedings
Editors	Luc Bougé, Michel Cosnard, Yves Robert, Denis Trystram
Place of Publication	Berlin, Heidelberg
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Pages	399-404
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-540-47306-0
ISBN (Print)	978-3-540-55895-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-55895-0_436
Publication status	Published - 1992

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Volume	634
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

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Bird, P. L., Topham, N. P., & Manoharan, S. (1992). A comparison of two memory models for high performance computers. In L. Bougé, M. Cosnard, Y. Robert, & D. Trystram (Eds.), Parallel Processing: CONPAR 92—VAPP V: Second Joint International Conference on Vector and Parallel Processing Lyon, France, September 1–4, 1992 Proceedings (pp. 399-404). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 634). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-55895-0_436

Bird, Peter L. ; Topham, Nigel P. ; Manoharan, Sathiamoorthy. / A comparison of two memory models for high performance computers. Parallel Processing: CONPAR 92—VAPP V: Second Joint International Conference on Vector and Parallel Processing Lyon, France, September 1–4, 1992 Proceedings. editor / Luc Bougé ; Michel Cosnard ; Yves Robert ; Denis Trystram. Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1992. pp. 399-404 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Bird, PL, Topham, NP & Manoharan, S 1992, A comparison of two memory models for high performance computers. in L Bougé, M Cosnard, Y Robert & D Trystram (eds), Parallel Processing: CONPAR 92—VAPP V: Second Joint International Conference on Vector and Parallel Processing Lyon, France, September 1–4, 1992 Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 634, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 399-404. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-55895-0_436

A comparison of two memory models for high performance computers. / Bird, Peter L.; Topham, Nigel P.; Manoharan, Sathiamoorthy.

Parallel Processing: CONPAR 92—VAPP V: Second Joint International Conference on Vector and Parallel Processing Lyon, France, September 1–4, 1992 Proceedings. ed. / Luc Bougé; Michel Cosnard; Yves Robert; Denis Trystram. Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1992. p. 399-404 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 634).

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Bird PL, Topham NP, Manoharan S. A comparison of two memory models for high performance computers. In Bougé L, Cosnard M, Robert Y, Trystram D, editors, Parallel Processing: CONPAR 92—VAPP V: Second Joint International Conference on Vector and Parallel Processing Lyon, France, September 1–4, 1992 Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 1992. p. 399-404. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/3-540-55895-0_436

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