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Jian-Bin Fang, Xiang-Ke Liao, Chun Huang, De-Zun Dong. Performance Evaluation of Memory-Centric ARMv8 Many-Core Architectures: A Case Study with Phytium 2000+[J]. Journal of Computer Science and Technology, 2021, 36(1): 33-43. DOI: 10.1007/s11390-020-0741-6
Citation: Jian-Bin Fang, Xiang-Ke Liao, Chun Huang, De-Zun Dong. Performance Evaluation of Memory-Centric ARMv8 Many-Core Architectures: A Case Study with Phytium 2000+[J]. Journal of Computer Science and Technology, 2021, 36(1): 33-43. DOI: 10.1007/s11390-020-0741-6
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Performance Evaluation of Memory-Centric ARMv8 Many-Core Architectures: A Case Study with Phytium 2000+

  • College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China

Funds: This work is partially funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant No. 2018YFB0204301, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 61972408 and 61602501.
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  • Author Bio:

    Jian-Bin Fang is an assistant professor in computer science at National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), Changsha. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in computer science from Delft University of Technology in 2014. His research interests include parallel programming for many-cores, parallel compilers, performance modeling, and scalable algorithms. He is a member of CCF.

  • Corresponding author:

    De-Zun Dong E-mail: dongg@nudt.edu.cn

  • Received Date: June 23, 2020
  • Revised Date: December 08, 2020
  • Published Date: January 04, 2021
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  • This article presents a comprehensive performance evaluation of Phytium 2000+ , an ARMv8-based 64-core architecture. We focus on the cache and memory subsystems, analyzing the characteristics that impact the high-performance computing applications. We provide insights into the memory-relevant performance behaviours of the Phytium 2000+ system through micro-benchmarking. With the help of the well-known roofline model, we analyze the Phytium 2000+ system, taking both memory accesses and computations into account. Based on the knowledge gained from these micro-benchmarks, we evaluate two applications and use them to assess the capabilities of the Phytium 2000+ system. The results show that the ARMv8-based many-core system is capable of delivering high performance for a wide range of scientific kernels.
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