Equation 2 · Part 1 · How AI Memory Systems and the Bandwidth Wall Actually Work
Symbol P_max
What this part means
the peak arithmetic rate of the device.
Its job in the formula
ax is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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Where the article explains it
with the peak arithmetic rate of the device, B the achievable bandwidth of the memory tier supplying the operands, and P the attainable performance [ 11 ] .
The passage around this formula
with the peak arithmetic rate of the device, B the achievable bandwidth of the memory tier supplying the operands, and P the attainable performance [ 11 ] . The two terms cross at a ridge point = /B : below it, runtime is set by how many bytes must move, whatever the peak…
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Sources cited in the surrounding passage
- [11] Roofline: An Insightful Visual Performance Model for Floating-Point Programs and Multicore Architectures ↗
- [12] AI and Memory Wall ↗
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