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Hardware Measurements and Their Application on Performance Evaluation in a Processor-Array

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Parallel Processes and Related Automata / Parallele Prozesse und damit zusammenhängende Automaten

Part of the book series: Computing Supplementum ((COMPUTING,volume 3))

Abstract

Hardware Measurements and Their Application on Performance Evaluation in a Processor-Array. The applicability of hardware measurements to different performance measures is discussed. As an example it is shown that software events, e.g. the process-flow, can be evaluated by means of pure hardware measurements if a good machine architecture supports the system’s organization by appropriate hardware.

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Hardware-Messungen zur Leistungsbewertung in.einem Prozessorfeld. Die Eignung von Hardware- Messungen zur Leistungsbewertung bei verschiedenen Leistungsmaßen wird diskutiert. An einem Beispiel wird gezeigt, daß Software-Ereignisse, hier die Abfolge von Prozessen, mittels reiner Hardware- Messungen bewertet werden können, wenn die Maschinenarchitektur die Systemorganisation durch geeignete Hardware unterstützt.

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    Hans Jürgen Schneider

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Klar, R. (1981). Hardware Measurements and Their Application on Performance Evaluation in a Processor-Array. In: Knödel, W., Schneider, H.J. (eds) Parallel Processes and Related Automata / Parallele Prozesse und damit zusammenhängende Automaten. Computing Supplementum, vol 3. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8596-4_5

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