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The ALPSTONE project comprises a methodology and tools that guide a programmer of parallel software from the design of a program to the finished code under the aspect of performance, such as performance prediction and benchmarking. We summarize the goals, present the basic methodology, focus on the benchmarking aspect, and sketch the software system under construction.
This research has been sponsored by SPP IF Grant 5003-034357.
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Kuhn, W. (1996). Performance prediction and benchmarking: Results from the ALPSTONE project. In: Liddell, H., Colbrook, A., Hertzberger, B., Sloot, P. (eds) High-Performance Computing and Networking. HPCN-Europe 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1067. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61142-8_624
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