(3.1.3) SPLASH-2

Steven Cameron Woo, Moriyoshi Ohara, Evan Torrie, Jaswinder Pal Singh, Anoop Gupta: The SPLASH-2 Programs: Characterization and Methodological Considerations. ISCA 1995: 24-36. ACM DL Link



SPLASH-2 programs look at

     computational load balance

     communication to computation ratio and traffic needs

     important working set sizes

     issues related to spatial locality

     how these scale with problem size 

     number of processors


benchmark intro paper : 

     characterize the programs : basic properties, architectural interactions

     user help : what veal params to choose