memory bandwidth

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memory
noun
uk
/ˈmem.ər.i/us
/ˈmem.ər.i/
the ability to remember information, experiences, ...
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bandwidth
noun[C usually singular or U]
uk
/ˈbænd.wɪtθ/us
/ˈbænd.wɪtθ/
a measurement of the amount of information that can be sent between computers, through a phone ...
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(Definition ofmemoryandbandwidthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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With infrequent synchronization and communication, parallel performance is mostly limited by thememorybandwidthconstraints of the different architectures.
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The biggest difference between the two chips is the way thememorybandwidthworks.
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Memorybandwidththat is advertised for a given memory or system is usually the maximum theoretical bandwidth.
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It also can be used to more efficiently usememorybandwidthwithin a memory chip.
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With more threads the performance stabilizes since thememorybandwidthis already fully used.
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This additional channel however increases the load on the graphics system'smemorybandwidth.
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Memorybandwidthwas sufficient to support these expanded modes.
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High level machine instructions, made possible by microcode, helped further, as fewer more complex machine instructions require lessmemorybandwidth.
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A variety of computer benchmarks exist to measure sustainedmemorybandwidthusing a variety of access patterns.
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However, even though it offers the samememorybandwidthas notebook memory from 2011.
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Kernel functions are usually pipelined, and local on-chip memory is reused to minimize externalmemorybandwidth.
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The increasedmemorybandwidthlet the team render characters with higher fidelity.
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Effectivememorybandwidthutilization varies from 33% to 50% for smallest packets of 32 bytes; and from 45% to 85% for 128 byte packets.
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This providesmemorybandwidthof 1.60 gigabytes per second.
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In practice the observedmemorybandwidthwill be less than (and is guaranteed not to exceed) the advertised bandwidth.
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Two processing cores sharing the same system bus andmemorybandwidthlimits the real-world performance advantage.
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Thememorybandwidthis shared between the graphics adapter and the rest of the system.
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One problem with the design was the limitedmemorybandwidthas a result of having only one load-store unit.
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Counting is highly parallel, amenable to the parallelreduce pattern, and splits the work well across multiple cores until reachingmemorybandwidthlimit.
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The compiler analyses data live times of streams to optimize allocation and minimize externalmemorybandwidthneeds.
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