THE KERNEL BENCHMARKS

D. Bailey, E. Barszcz, L. Dagum, P. Frederickson, R. Schreiber, and H. Simon

[1]Computer Sciences Corporation. This work is supported through NASA Contract NAS 2-12961. [2]Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science (RIACS), Ames Research Center. This work is supported by NAS Systems Division through Cooperative Agreement Number NCC 2-387.

• Overview
• Description of the Kernels
  • Kernel EP: An embarrassingly parallel benchmark
  • Kernel MG: a simple 3D multigrid benchmark
  • Kernel CG: Solving an unstructured sparse linear system by the conjugate gradient method
  • Kernel FT: A 3-D fast-Fourier transform partial differential equation benchmark
  • Kernel IS: Parallel sort over small integers
• A Pseudorandom Number Generator for the Parallel NAS Kernels