Performance Issues on ccNuma-System

[Christoph Statz]

>
>   The sparse matrix is MUCH to big for the cache so has to stream  
> through from memory,
> thus the huge number of "cache misses". This same performance issue  
> occurs on
> all modern systems.

Yes, of course. But on most modern systems i don't have the "problem"  
that the cache is held coherent which causes a bunch of extra cycles  
penalty.
I don't have performance problems on our Clusters. It is just the  
"big" machine.

Christoph


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Christoph Statz

Institut für Nachrichtentechnik
Technische Universität Dresden
01062 Dresden

Email:  christoph.statz at mailbox.tu-dresden.de
Phone: +49 351 463 32287

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