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Parallelizing an Index Generator for Desktop Search

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Computer Architecture (ISCA 2010)

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Experience with the parallelization of an index generator for desktop search is presented. Several configurations of the index generator are compared on three different Intel platforms with 4, 8, and 32 cores. The optimal configurations for these platforms are not intuitive and are markedly different for the three platforms. For finding the optimal configuration, detailed measurements and experimentation were necessary. Several recommendations for parallel software design are derived from this study.

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  1. Institute for Program Structures and Data Organization (IPD), University of Karlsruhe, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany

    David J. Meder & Walter F. Tichy

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  1. Software Technologies Department, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 4, 2628, Delft, CD, The Netherlands

    Ana Lucia Varbanescu

  2. Software Technologies Dept, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 4, 2628, Delft, CD, The Netherlands

    Anca Molnos

  3. Department of Computer Science, Vrije Unversiteit Amsterdam, 1081, Amsterdam, HV, The Netherlands

    Rob van Nieuwpoort

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Meder, D.J., Tichy, W.F. (2011). Parallelizing an Index Generator for Desktop Search. In: Varbanescu, A.L., Molnos, A., van Nieuwpoort, R. (eds) Computer Architecture. ISCA 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6161. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24322-6_8

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