DocumentCode
1686066
Title
Loop parallelization: revisiting framework of unimodular transformations
Author
Torres, Jordi ; Ayguade, Eduard ; Labarta, Jesus ; Valero, Mateo
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Archit., Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
fYear
1996
Firstpage
420
Lastpage
427
Abstract
The paper extends the framework of linear loop transformations adding a new nonlinear step at the transformation process. The current framework of linear loop transformation cannot identify a significant fraction of parallelism. For this reason, we present a method to complement it with some basic transformations in order to extract the maximum loop parallelism in perfect nested loops with tight recurrences in the dependence graph. The parallelizing algorithm solves the important problem of deciding the set of transformations to apply in order to maximize the degree of parallelism, the number of parallel loops within a loop nest, and presents a way of generating efficient transformed code that exploits coarse grain parallelism on a MIMD system
Keywords
graph theory; optimising compilers; parallel algorithms; parallel programming; MIMD system; coarse grain parallelism; dependence graph; linear loop transformations; loop parallelization; maximum loop parallelism; nonlinear step; parallelizing algorithm; perfect nested loops; tight recurrences; transformation process; unimodular transformations; Computer architecture; Hardware; Law; Legal factors; Matrix decomposition; Parallel processing; Supercomputers; Terminology; Upper bound;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Parallel and Distributed Processing, 1996. PDP '96. Proceedings of the Fourth Euromicro Workshop on
Conference_Location
Braga
Print_ISBN
0-8186-7376-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EMPDP.1996.500615
Filename
500615
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