Speaker
Andrzej Nowak
Description
Considering the rise of complex many-core processors, a sufficient understanding of their architecture and of the applicable performance tuning opportunities has become an indispensable element of software development.
In this lecture, the anatomy of a modern PC (x86) server is discussed, with a particular focus on the CPU. Multiple resources and strategies to achieve optimal performance exist, both in hardware and in software – but how to take control of them?
Non-x86 architectures of growing importance, such as ARM and NVIDIA, will also be briefly covered. The lecture will be supported by relevant examples from the physics domain.
