Misleading Performance Claims in Parallel Computations

Conference · Fri May 29 00:00:00 EDT 2009

OSTI ID:964410

Bailey, David H

In a previous humorous note entitled 'Twelve Ways to Fool the Masses,' I outlined twelve common ways in which performance figures for technical computer systems can be distorted. In this paper and accompanying conference talk, I give a reprise of these twelve 'methods' and give some actual examples that have appeared in peer-reviewed literature in years past. I then propose guidelines for reporting performance, the adoption of which would raise the level of professionalism and reduce the level of confusion, not only in the world of device simulation but also in the larger arena of technical computing.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Computational Research Division
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 964410
• Report Number(s): LBNL-2181E; TRN: US200919%%239
• Resource Relation: Conference: DAC 2009, San Francisco, CA, 07/26-31/2009
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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