Updated Memory Wall (markdown) authored by moebiusband73's avatar moebiusband73
...@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ cases limited by main memory bandwidth. The impression was that engineers ...@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ cases limited by main memory bandwidth. The impression was that engineers
built processors no one (well at least no one in the HPC community) could fully built processors no one (well at least no one in the HPC community) could fully
exploit. Today the HPC application landscape is more diverse and multiple exploit. Today the HPC application landscape is more diverse and multiple
applications are making full use of the instruction throughput capabilities of applications are making full use of the instruction throughput capabilities of
processors, e.g., from in the molecular dynamics domain. processors, e.g., in the molecular dynamics domain.
Lets look at real data to investigate how the memory wall developed over Lets look at real data to investigate how the memory wall developed over
time. The following graph shows peak memory bandwidth (black line) and peak time. The following graph shows peak memory bandwidth (black line) and peak
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