CS594 Spring 2002:
Performance Measurement with PAPI
Homework Resources

Homework.doc - Word file describing the assignment.

p4Architecture.pdf - Document from IBM describing the microarchitecture of the POWER4 CPU. Good functional unit overview.

p4Tuning.pdf - Document from IBM discussing Performance Tuning on the POWER4. Good sections on various subsystems in the POWER4.

POWER3-II.evs - header file from IBM documenting events on the POWER3.

Power3-II Events.xls - spreadsheet containing the same information as the header above.

POWER4.evs - header file from IBM documenting events on the POWER4. Compare to the equivalent for POWER3 to identify similarities and differences.

Power4 Events.xls - same as above in spreadsheet format.

papiStdEventDefs.h - header file containing the definitions of the standard PAPI preset events.

power_preset.c - initialization tables for the IBM POWER II and POWER3 series, as currently used in PAPI. Add another table to this file containing initialization data for the POWER4. 

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