Abstract:Measuring and analyzing the performance of software has reached a high complexity, caused by more advanced processor designs and the intricate interaction between user programs, the operating system, and the processor's microarchitecture. In this report, we summarize our experience on how performance characteristics of software should be measured when running on a Linux operating system and a modern processor. In particular, (1) we provide a general overview about hardware and operating system features that ma… Show more
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