A Systolic Array Parallelizing Compiler

By Ping-Sheng Tseng

Book Overview

Widespread use of parallel processing will become a reality only if the process of porting applications to parallel computers can be largely automated. Usually it is straightforward for a user to determine how an application can be mapped onto a parallel machine; however, the actual development of parallel code, if done by hand, is typically difficult and time consuming. Parallelizing compilers, which can gen- erate parallel code automatically, are therefore a key technology for parallel processing. In this book, Ping-Sheng Tseng describes a parallelizing compiler for systolic arrays, called AL. Although parallelizing compilers are quite common for shared-memory parallel machines, the AL compiler is one of the first working parallelizing compilers for distributed- memory machines, of which systolic arrays are a special case. The AL compiler takes advantage of the fine grain and high bandwidth interprocessor communication capabilities in a systolic architecture to generate efficient parallel code. xii Foreword While capable of handling an important class of applications, AL is not intended to be a general-purpose parallelizing compiler.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461288355
• ISBN13: 9781461288350
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"