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Document Organization
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- Introduction
- the role of Benchmarks in Computer Architecture
- purpose of the document
- intended audience and skill level
- Different Types of Benchmarks
- Levels and Types of Benchmarks
- Component-Level Benchmarks
- System-Level Benchmarks
- Synthetic Benchmarks
- Application Benchmarks
- Benchmark Engineering
- Introduction to Benchmark Engineering
- Steps Involved in the Process of Benchmark Engineering
- Properties of a Reliable Benchmark
- Popular Commercial Benchmarks
- Measuring and Reporting Performance of Benchmarks
- Measuring Performance
- Interpretting Results
- Reporting Performance
- Improving Benchmarks
- Optimizations that Affect Benchmark Performance
- Updating Benchmarks
- Practice Questions and Solutions
- Summary and References
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