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International Conference on Parallel Computing Technologies

PaCT 1995: Parallel Computing Technologies pp 180–185Cite as

Performance evaluation and visualization with VISPAT

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A tool for performance analysis of parallel programs implemented using the MPI message passing standard is presented. The paper discusses the way information about program execution is gathered, processed and visualized by the graphical front end of the tool. Emphasis is placed on demonstrating how the tool helps the tuner to reduce the volume of data that has to be examined and to relate the behaviour of the program to the source code.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Edinburgh University, Mayfield Road, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh, UK

    Anna Hondroudakis & Rob Procter

  2. Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre, Edinburgh University, Mayfield Road, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh, UK

    Kesavan Shanmugam

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  1. Anna Hondroudakis
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Victor Malyshkin

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Hondroudakis, A., Procter, R., Shanmugam, K. (1995). Performance evaluation and visualization with VISPAT. In: Malyshkin, V. (eds) Parallel Computing Technologies. PaCT 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 964. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-60222-4_108

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-60222-4_108

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