Title :
Toward efficient execution of dataflow actors
Author :
Cedersjo, Gustav ; Janneck, J.W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Lund Univ., Lund, Sweden
Abstract :
Dataflow descriptions are a natural match to application areas such as signal processing, cryptography, networking, image processing, and media coding. This paper addresses the problem of efficiently executing the basic elements of a dataflow program, its actors, written in a language such as MPEG´s RVC-CAL. Using actor machines as an execution model for dataflow actors, we devise a metric for measuring the quality of a translation in terms of program size and execution efficiency, and then build, evaluate and compare a number of translators with each other and prior art, using MPEG reference code as a benchmark.
Keywords :
parallel languages; parallel programming; MPEG RVC-CAL; MPEG reference code; actor machines; dataflow actors; dataflow descriptions; dataflow program; execution model; program execution efficiency; program size;
Conference_Titel :
Signals, Systems and Computers (ASILOMAR), 2012 Conference Record of the Forty Sixth Asilomar Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pacific Grove, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5050-1
DOI :
10.1109/ACSSC.2012.6489270