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HINT (Hierarchical INTegration) is a computer benchmarking tool
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developed at the Scalable Computing Laboratory of the Ames Laboratory,
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a US Department of Energy laboratory. Unlike traditional benchmarks,
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HINT neither fixes the size of the problem nor the calculation time.
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Instead, it uses a rigorously defined measure called QUIPS (QUality
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Improvements Per Second).
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The output of HINT is data which can be plotted (the gnuplot graphics
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package is useful for plotting HINT output). The plot shows the speed
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of the computation as the size of the problem increases. The HINT
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graph shows the peak processor speed and the effects of different
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levels of cache and memory on processing speed. See
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http://www.scl.ameslab.gov/Projects/HINT/ for more information and
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an on-line database of HINT results.
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HINT also outputs a single number which is the integral of the HINT
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curve. This number, called NetQUIPS, can be used for general
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comparison between machines.
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