A Simple Performance Model for Multithreaded Applications Executing on Non-Uniform Memory Access Computers

Yang, RuiAntony, JosephRendell, Alistair2015-12-10June 25-279780769537382http://hdl.handle.net/1885/52737In this work, we extend and evaluate a simple performance model to account for NUMA and bandwidth effects for single and multi-threaded calculations within the Gaussian 03 computational chemistry code on a contemporary multi-core, NUMA platform. By usingKeywords: Bandwidth constraint; Computational chemistry; Extended model; Gaussians; Load-Balancing; Multi core; Multi-threaded application; Multithreaded; Non uniform memory access; On chip interconnect; Performance Model; Single-threaded; Solaris; Computer scienceA Simple Performance Model for Multithreaded Applications Executing on Non-Uniform Memory Access Computers200910.1109/HPCC.2009.392016-02-24