Compiling for distributed-memory systems

Author

Zima, Hans P. ; Chapman, Barbara Mary

Author_Institution

Inst. for Software Technol. & Parallel Syst., Vienna Univ., Austria

Volume

81

Issue

2

fYear

1993

fDate

2/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

264

Lastpage

287

Abstract

Compilation techniques for the source-to-source translation of programs in an extended FORTRAN 77 to equivalent parallel message-passing programs are discussed. A machine-independent language extension to FORTRAN 77, Data Parallel FORTRAN (DPF), is introduced. It allows the user to write programs for distributed-memory multiprocessing systems (DMMPS) using global addresses, and to specify the distribution of data across the processors of the machine. Message-Passing FORTRAN (MPF), a FORTRAN extension that allows the formulation of explicitly parallel programs that communicate via explicit message passing, is also introduced. Procedures and optimization techniques for both languages are discussed. Additional optimization methods and advanced parallelization techniques, including run-time analysis, are also addressed. An extensive overview of related work is given

Keywords

FORTRAN; parallel programming; program compilers; Data Parallel FORTRAN; Message-Passing FORTRAN; distributed-memory systems; equivalent parallel message-passing programs; extended FORTRAN 77; global addresses; machine-independent language extension; optimization methods; run-time analysis; source-to-source translation; Art; Computer architecture; Computer languages; Delay; Design methodology; Distributed computing; Hypercubes; Large-scale systems; Process control; Programming;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.214550

Filename

214550