Attributes of the performance of central processing units: A relative performance prediction model

Phillip Ein-Dor, Jacob Feldmesser

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Abstract

Using readily available data on CPU characteristics—main memory size, cache memory size, number of channels, and machine cycle time—it is possible to predict relative CPU performance for a wide range of machines. Statistical analyses indicate that these characteristics explain virtually all the variance in relative performance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)308-317
Number of pages10
JournalCommunications of the ACM
Volume30
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 1987

Keywords

  • CPU characteristics
  • Cache memory
  • channels
  • computer economics
  • cycle time
  • economics
  • memory
  • models
  • performance evaluation

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