Samuel Webb Williams and Andrew Waterman and David A. Patterson

EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley

Technical Report No. UCB/EECS-2008-134

October 17, 2008

http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2008/EECS-2008-134.pdf

We propose an easy-to-understand, visual performance model that offers insights to programmers and architects on improving parallel software and hardware for floating point computations.

---

BibTeX citation:

@techreport{Williams:EECS-2008-134,
    Author= {Williams, Samuel Webb and Waterman, Andrew and Patterson, David A.},
    Title= {Roofline: An Insightful Visual Performance Model for Floating-Point Programs and Multicore Architectures},
    Year= {2008},
    Month= {Oct},
    Url= {http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2008/EECS-2008-134.html},
    Number= {UCB/EECS-2008-134},
    Abstract= {We propose an easy-to-understand, visual performance model that offers insights to programmers and architects on improving parallel software and hardware for floating point computations.},
}

EndNote citation:

%0 Report
%A Williams, Samuel Webb 
%A Waterman, Andrew 
%A Patterson, David A. 
%T Roofline: An Insightful Visual Performance Model for Floating-Point Programs and Multicore Architectures
%I EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley
%D 2008
%8 October 17
%@ UCB/EECS-2008-134
%U http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2008/EECS-2008-134.html
%F Williams:EECS-2008-134