In: International Journal of Supercomputer Application (USA), Vol. 3, No. 2, pages 71-91. 1989.
Abstract: Analytic models based on Queueing Networks and Stochastic Petri Nets are used in this paper with two purposes: to evaluate the performance of supercomputers in multiprogrammed environments, and to compare, performance-wise, conventional supercomputer architectures with a novel architecture proposed here. It is shown, with the aid of the analytic models, that the proposed architecture is preferable performance-wise over the existing conventional supercomputer architectures. A three-level workload characterization model for supercomputers is presented.
Keywords: supercomputer performance; supercomputer architecture; multiprogramming environment; queueing network; stochastic net.