cCell: A S2S Compiler with Profiling Support for the Cell BE Architecture

Author

Bai, Xiuxiu ; Zhang, Xingjun ; Feng, Guofu ; Feng, Jinghua ; Dong, Xiaoshe

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Technol., Xi´´an Jiaotong Univ., Xi´´an, China

fYear

2010

fDate

June 29 2010-July 1 2010

Firstpage

2946

Lastpage

2951

Abstract

In this paper, a source to source (S2S) compiler with profiling support is designed and implemented. The focus of this compiler is to convert the source code running in the homogeneous environment to the code that can be compiled and run under the Cell BE architecture. Combined with the runtime profiling mechanism, the S2S compiler records the optimization strategies and their effects, which can be used to control and manage resources explicitly. Experimental results show that the presented S2S compiler with profiling support not only improves the programmability but also makes the application performance better.

Keywords

computer architecture; multiprocessing systems; program compilers; source coding; S2S compiler; cCell; cell BE architecture; profiling support; resource management; runtime profiling mechanism; source code; source to source compiler; Arrays; Libraries; Microprocessors; Optimization; Programming; Runtime; Cell BE architecture; Heterogeneous multi-core; Source-to-source compiler;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer and Information Technology (CIT), 2010 IEEE 10th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bradford

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7547-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIT.2010.492

Filename

5578499