CSCI 330 — Computer Architecture

Spring 2009

Assignment #6, Due 4/10/2009

Read the read the roofline paper by Williams, et al., and answer the following questions.

1. Describe what the roofline model is and how it works.

2. What is operational intensity?

3. Of the four architectures tested in the article which was the best, according to the authors? Do you agree?

4. Do you think that this approach is useful and valid? Explain why or why not in detail.