| A Systolic Array Parallelizing Compiler 1990 Edition Contributor(s): Ping-Sheng Tseng (Author) |
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ISBN: 0792391225 ISBN-13: 9780792391227 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Compilers - Computers | Systems Architecture - General - Technology & Engineering | Electrical |
| Dewey: 005.453 |
| LCCN: 90-4751 |
| Series: Kluwer International Series in Engineering & Computer Science |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.86 lbs) 130 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |