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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer
ISBN-13
9780792391227
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96274341
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
130 Pages
Publication Name
A Systolic Array Parallelizing Compiler
Language
English
Subject
Engineering & Technology, Computer Science
Publication Year
1990
Type
Textbook
Author
Ping-Sheng Tseng
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
235 mm
Item Weight
870 g
Item Width
155 mm
Volume
106
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
Netherlands
Title_Author
Ping-Sheng Tseng
Series Title
The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science