The Xeon Phi x200 (Knights Landing) has a lot of modes of operation (selected at boot time), and the latency and bandwidth characteristics are slightly different for each mode. It is also important to remember that the latency can be different for each physical address, depending on the location of… read more
memory bandwidth
SC16 Invited Talk: Memory Bandwidth and System Balance in HPC Systems
I have been involved in HPC for over 30 years: 12 years as student & faculty user in ocean modeling, 12 years as a performance analyst and system architect at SGI, IBM, and AMD, and over 7 years as a research scientist at TACC. This history is based on my… read more
Invited Talk at SuperComputing 2016!
“Memory Bandwidth and System Balance in HPC Systems” If you are planning to attend the SuperComputing 2016 conference in Salt Lake City next month, be sure to reserve a spot on your calendar for my talk on Wednesday afternoon (4:15pm-5:00pm). I will be talking about the technology and market trends… read more