A survey on evaluating and optimizing performance of Intel Xeon Phi
Sparsh Mittal
Abstract
Summary Intel's Xeon Phi combines the parallel processing power of a many‐core accelerator with the programming ease of CPUs. In this paper, we present a survey of works that study the architecture of Phi and use it as an accelerator for a broad range of applications. We review performance optimization strategies as well as the factors that bottleneck the performance of Phi. We also review works that perform comparison or collaborative execution of Phi with CPUs and GPUs. This paper will be useful for researchers and developers in the area of computer‐architecture and high‐performance computing.
Topics & Concepts
Xeon PhiComputer scienceBottleneckXeonParallel computingArchitectureComputer architectureOperating systemMulti-core processorEmbedded systemVisual artsArtParallel Computing and Optimization TechniquesAdvanced Data Storage TechnologiesLow-power high-performance VLSI design