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Linpack




LINPACK makes use of the BLAS (Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms) libraries for performing basic vector and matrix operations.

  • n^3 + n^2 floating point operations. The result is millions of floating point operations per second (Mflop/s).


For large-scale distributed-memory systems, HPL, a portable implementation of the High-Performance LINPACK Benchmark, is used as a performance measure for ranking supercomputers in the TOP500 list of the world's fastest computers. The benchmark is run for different matrix sizes n searching for the size Nmax for which the maximal performance Rmax is obtained. The benchmark also reports the problem size N1/2 where half of the performance (Rmax/2) is achieved.


EXTERNAL LINKS

  • http://www.netlib.org/linpack/

  • http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/hpl/

  • http://www.netlib.org/blas/

  • http://www.top500.org/

  • http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/linpackjava/ a web-based LINPACK benchmark