PAT: a retargetable parallelizing tool for Fortran

Author

Appelbe, Bill ; Smith, Kevin

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. & Comput. Sci., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

26-29 Nov 1990

Firstpage

357

Lastpage

359

Abstract

A description is given of PAT (Parallelization Assistant Tool), a retargetable tool that converts sequential Fortran to Parallel Fortran for IBM, CRAY, and Sequent multiprocessors. It runs on a range of Unix workstations, using X windows to display source code, program analysis, and transformations. PAT is intended to help programmers convert their program from sequential to parallel code, while simultaneously educating them in exploiting and understanding applications-level and architectural parallelism. The authors report on experiences with PAT, limitations of its approach, future development, and the use of PAT´s analysis for other tools

Keywords

FORTRAN; multiprocessing systems; parallel languages; parallel programming; software tools; CRAY; IBM; PAT; Parallel Fortran; Parallelization Assistant Tool; Sequent; Unix workstations; X windows; architectural parallelism; multiprocessors; program analysis; sequential Fortran; source code; Computer displays; Computer science; Manufacturing; Multitasking; Optimizing compilers; Parallel processing; Program processors; Programming profession; Software algorithms; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Maintenance, 1990, Proceedings., Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2091-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSM.1990.131392

Filename

131392