Year: 1990
Type: article
Abstract: Many metrics are used for measuring the performance of a parallel algorithm running on a parallel processor. This article introduces a new metric that has some advantages over the others. Its use is illustrated with data from the Linpack benchmark report and the winners of the Gordon Bell Award.
Source: Communications of the ACM
DOI: 10.1145/78607.78614
Authors: Alan H. Karp, Horace P. Flatt
Institutions: IBM (United States), Cambridge Scientific (United States)
Language: English
Subfield: Hardware and Architecture
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W13099753