Model-guided Performance Analysis of the Sparse Matrix-Matrix Multiplication

Scharpff T, Iglberger K, Hager G, Rüde U (2013)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2013

Edited Volumes: Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation, HPCS 2013

Pages Range: 1-8

Conference Proceedings Title: HPCS2013 Conference Proceedings (Preprint bei arXiv)

Event location: Helsinki, Finnland

URI: http://arxiv.org/abs/1303.1651

DOI: 10.1109/HPCSim.2013.6641452

Abstract

Achieving high efficiency with numerical kernels for sparse matrices is of utmost importance, since they are part of many simulation codes and tend to use most of the available compute time and resources. In addition, especially in large scale simulation frameworks the readability and ease of use of mathematical expressions are essential components for the continuous maintenance, modification, and extension of software. In this context, the sparse matrix-matrix multiplication is of special interest. In this paper we thoroughly analyze the single-core performance of sparse matrix-matrix multiplication kernels in the Blaze Smart Expression Template (SET) framework. We develop simple models for estimating the achievable maximum performance, and use them to assess the efficiency of our implementations. Additionally, we compare these kernels with several commonly used SET-based C++ libraries, which, just as Blaze, aim at combining the requirements of high performance with an elegant user interface. For the different sparse matrix structures considered here, we show that our implementations are competitive or faster than those of the other SET libraries for most problem sizes on a current Intel multicore processor. © 2013 IEEE.

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APA:

Scharpff, T., Iglberger, K., Hager, G., & Rüde, U. (2013). Model-guided Performance Analysis of the Sparse Matrix-Matrix Multiplication. In HPCS2013 Conference Proceedings (Preprint bei arXiv) (pp. 1-8). Helsinki, Finnland, FI.

MLA:

Scharpff, Tobias, et al. "Model-guided Performance Analysis of the Sparse Matrix-Matrix Multiplication." Proceedings of the International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (HPCS 2013), Helsinki, Finnland 2013. 1-8.

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