Accurate cache and TLB characterization using hardware counters

Jack Dongarra; Shirley Moore; Philip Mucci; Keith Seymour; Haihang You

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-24688-6_57

Accurate cache and TLB characterization using hardware counters

Jack Dongarra, Shirley Moore, Philip Mucci, Keith Seymour, Haihang You

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Abstract

We have developed a set of microbenchmarks for accurately determining the structural characteristics of data cache memories and TLBs. These characteristics include cache size, cache line size, cache associativity, memory page size, number of data TLB entries, and data TLB associativity. Unlike previous microbenchmarks that used time-based measurements, our microbenchmarks use hardware event counts to more accurately and quickly determine these characteristics while requiring fewer limiting assumptions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Editors	Marian Bubak, Geert Dick van Albada, Peter M. A. Sloot, Jack J. Dongarra
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	432-439
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	3540221166
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24688-6_57
State	Published - 2004
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	3038
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Dongarra, J., Moore, S., Mucci, P., Seymour, K., & You, H. (2004). Accurate cache and TLB characterization using hardware counters. In M. Bubak, G. D. van Albada, P. M. A. Sloot, & J. J. Dongarra (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (pp. 432-439). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 3038). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24688-6_57

Dongarra, Jack ; Moore, Shirley ; Mucci, Philip et al. / Accurate cache and TLB characterization using hardware counters. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). editor / Marian Bubak ; Geert Dick van Albada ; Peter M. A. Sloot ; Jack J. Dongarra. Springer Verlag, 2004. pp. 432-439 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Dongarra, J, Moore, S, Mucci, P, Seymour, K & You, H 2004, Accurate cache and TLB characterization using hardware counters. in M Bubak, GD van Albada, PMA Sloot & JJ Dongarra (eds), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 3038, Springer Verlag, pp. 432-439. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24688-6_57

Accurate cache and TLB characterization using hardware counters. / Dongarra, Jack; Moore, Shirley; Mucci, Philip et al.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). ed. / Marian Bubak; Geert Dick van Albada; Peter M. A. Sloot; Jack J. Dongarra. Springer Verlag, 2004. p. 432-439 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 3038).

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Dongarra J, Moore S, Mucci P, Seymour K, You H. Accurate cache and TLB characterization using hardware counters. In Bubak M, van Albada GD, Sloot PMA, Dongarra JJ, editors, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Springer Verlag. 2004. p. 432-439. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-24688-6_57

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