Title :
Programming Multiprocessors with Explicitly Managed Memory Hierarchies
Author :
Schneider, Scott ; Yeom, Jae-Seung ; Nikolopoulos, Dimitrios S.
Abstract :
A study of two applications programmed using three models of varying complexity reveals that implicit management of locality can produce code with performance comparable to code generated from explicit management of locality.
Keywords :
multiprocessing programs; multiprocessing systems; program compilers; storage management; explicit locality management; explicit memory hierarchy management; multiprocessor programming; Memory management; Cell Broadband Engine processor; Explicitly managed memory hierarchies; Hardware; Multicore processors; Programming models;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2009.407
