Hierarchical INTegration

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Hierarchical INTegration, or HINT for short, is a computer

Macintosh computers with relatively slow processor speeds (800 MHz) used to perform better than x86
based systems with processors running at nearly 2 GHz.

HINT is known for being almost immune to artificial optimization and can be used by many computers ranging from a calculator to a supercomputer. It was developed at the

Ames Laboratory and is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
.

HINT is intended to be "scalable" to run on any size computer, from small serial systems to highly parallel supercomputers.[1] The person using the HINT benchmark can use any floating-point or integer type.[2]

HINT benchmark results have been published comparing a variety of parallel and uniprocessor systems.[3]

A related tool ANALYTIC HINT can be used as a design tool to estimate the benefits of using more memory, a faster processor, or improved communications (bus speed) within the system.[4]

See also

References

  1. S2CID 17572925
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  2. S2CID 5786180
    . See pages 5, 11.
  3. ^ John L. Gustafson, Quinn O. Snell, and Rajat Todi. "The HINT Benchmark".
  4. OSTI 1230480
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