The Scalable Heterogeneous Computing (SHOC) benchmark suite

Scalable heterogeneous computing systems, which are composed of a mix of compute devices, such as commodity multicore processors, graphics processors, reconfigurable processors, and others, are gaining attention as one approach to continuing performance improvement while managing the new challenge of energy efficiency. As these systems become more common, it is important to be able to compare and contrast architectural designs and programming systems in a fair and open forum. To this end, we have designed the Scalable HeterOgeneous Computing benchmark suite (SHOC). SHOC’s initial focus is on systems containing graphics processing units (GPUs) and multi-core processors, and on the new OpenCL programming standard. SHOC is a spectrum of programs that test the performance and stability of these scalable heterogeneous computing systems. At the lowest level, SHOC uses microbenchmarks to assess architectural features of the system. At higher levels, SHOC uses application kernels to determ...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: ASPLOS
• Authors: Anthony Danalis, Gabriel Marin, Collin McCurdy, Jeremy S. Meredith, Philip C. Roth, Kyle Spafford, Vinod Tipparaju, Jeffrey S. Vetter
• Keywords: ASPLOS 2010, Commodity Multicore Processors, Heterogeneous Computing Systems, Programming Languages, Scalable Heterogeneous Computing