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K2.1-B Performance Frontiers
Background
Aim
- To provide knowledge about FLOPS (floating point operations per second) which is the key measurement unit for the performance of HPC systems, and its pitfalls
- To provide knowledge about Moore’s law and its significance for performance frontiers in modern HPC
- To provide knowledge about the definitions for key terms: speedup, efficiency, and scalability
- To provide knowledge about Amdahl’s law and its significance for performance frontiers in modern HPC
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Outcomes
- the definitions for key terms like speedup, efficiency, and scalability
- the key measure floating-point operations per second (FLOPS) for the performance of HPC systems and its pitfalls
- Moore’s law and the Gustafson–Barsis's law and their significance for performance frontiers in modern HPC
- Amdahl’s law and its significance for performance frontiers in modern HPC.
Subskills
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