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Figure 1-1. Block Diagrams of 4-, 8-, 16-, 32-, and 64-CPU SN0 Systems

Figure 1-2. Block Diagram and Approximate Appearance of a Node Board

Figure 1-3. Block Diagram of Memory, Hub, and Cache Directory

Figure 1-4. XIO and XBOW Provide I/O Attachment to a Node

Figure 2-1. Program Address Space Versus SN0 Architecture

Figure 2-2. Parallel Process Memory Access Pattern Versus SN0 Architecture

Figure 2-3. Parallel Processes at Opposite Corners of SN0 System

Figure 2-4. Parallel Processes and Memory at Bad Locations

Figure 2-5. Parallel Program Ideally Placed in SN0 System

Figure 2-6. Parallel Program Mapped to a Pair of MLDs

Figure 2-7. Parallel Program Mapped to an MLD Set with Hypercube Topology and Affinity to a Graphics Device

Figure 2-8. Parallel Program Mapped through MLDs to Hardware

Figure 4-1. Code Residence versus Data reference

Figure 4-2. On-screen plot of dprof output

Figure 4-3. dprof Output for a Program with Poor Memory

Figure 4-4. dprof Output for a Program with Good Memory

Figure 5-1. DAXPY Software Pipeline Schedule

Figure 5-2. Inlining and the Call Hierarchy

Figure 6-1. Processing Directions in adi2.f

Figure 6-2. Memory Use in Matrix Multiply

Figure 6-3. Cache Blocking of Matrix Multiplication

Figure 6-4. Schematic of Data Motion in Radix-2 Fast Fourier Transform

Figure 7-1. Table of Loop-Unrolling Parameters for Matrix Multiply

Figure 7-2. Performance of Vector Intrinsic Functions on an Origin 2000

Figure 8-1. Possible Speedup for Different Values of p

Figure 8-2. Performance of Weather Model Before and After Tuning

Figure 8-3. Calculated Bandwidth for Different Placement Policies

Figure 8-4. Calculated Iteration Times for Different Placement Policies

Figure 8-5. Cumulative Run Time for Different Placement Policies

Figure 8-6. Effect of Migration Level on Iteration Time

Figure 8-7. Effect of Page Granularity in First-Touch Allocation

Figure 8-8. Data Partition for NAS FT Kernel

Figure 8-9. NAS FT Kernel Data Redistributed

Figure 8-10. Some Possible Regular Distributions for Four Processors

Figure 8-11. Possible Outcomes of Distribute ONTO Clause

Figure 8-12. Reshaped Distribution of Three-Dimensional Array for Four CPUs

Figure 8-13. Copying By Cache Lines for Summation

Figure 8-14. Placement File and its Results

Origin 2000 and Onyx2 Performance Tuning and Optimization Guide
(document number: 007-3430-003 / published: 2001-08-02)    table of contents  |  additional info  |  download

    Front Matter
    About This Guide
    Chapter 1. Understanding SN0 Architecture
    Chapter 2. SN0 Memory Management
    Chapter 3. Tuning for a Single Process
    Chapter 4. Profiling and Analyzing Program Behavior
    Chapter 5. Using Basic Compiler Optimizations
    Chapter 6. Optimizing Cache Utilization
    Chapter 7. Using Loop Nest Optimization
    Chapter 8. Tuning for Parallel Processing
    Appendix A. Bentley's Rules Updated
    Appendix B. R10000 Counter Event Types
    Appendix C. Useful Scripts and Code
    Glossary
    Index