BSP2OMP: A compiler for translating BSP programs to OpenMP

Author

Marowka, Ami

Author_Institution

Shenkar Coll. of Eng. & Design, Ramat-Gan

fYear

2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

The convergence of the two widely used parallel programming paradigms, shared- memory and distributed- shared-memory parallel programming models, into a unified parallel programming model is crucial for parallel computing to become the next mainstream programming paradigm. We study the design differences and the performance issues of two parallel programming models: a shared- memory programming model (OpenMP) and a distributed- shared programming model (BSP). The study was carried out by designing a compiler for translating BSP parallel programs to an OpenMP programming model called BSP20MP. Analysis of the compiler outcome, and of the performance of the compiled programs, show that the two models are based on very similar underlying principles and mechanisms.

Keywords

parallel programming; program compilers; OpenMP; compiler; parallel programming paradigms; shared-memory system; Application software; Parallel architectures; Parallel languages; Parallel machines; Parallel processing; Parallel programming; Performance analysis; Program processors; Samarium; Scalability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Parallel and Distributed Processing, 2008. IPDPS 2008. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Miami, FL

ISSN

1530-2075

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1693-6

Electronic_ISBN

1530-2075

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPDPS.2008.4536120

Filename

4536120