Computer Benchmarks - Jack J. Dongarra - Hardcover

The performance of a computer is a complicated issue and a function of many interrelated quantities. These quantities include: the application, the language, the implementation, the compiler, the architecture, and the hardware characteristics. The usual method to evaluate the performance is to compose a benchmark of programs. This book presents a useful overview on benchmarking. Over twenty experts contributed papers on five important topics concerning benchmarking advanced scientific computer systems: taxonomy and performance metrics, well-known standard and application benchmarks, compiler benchmarks for parallel computers, and benchmarks for database systems.Dongarra, Jack J. is the author of 'Computer Benchmarks - Jack J. Dongarra - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780444815187 and ISBN 044481518X.