Title :
FLAP: Tool to generate CUDA code from sequential C code
Author :
Hernandez Rubio, Erika ; Meneses Viveros, Amilcar ; PeÌrez, Pedro M. CorteÌs ; Zavala, Sergio D. HernaÌndez ; RiÌos, Hector M. MartiÌnez
Author_Institution :
Inst. Politec. Nac., SEPI-ESCOM, Mexico City, Mexico
Abstract :
The GPU usage has increased in the high performance computing applications. However, still programming tools required to facilitate the development of programs for GPUs. It is well known that the loops in sequential programs are potential sources of parallelization. Three types of FOR-loops have been identified that can be mapped to CUDA kernel: single loops, nested loops and loops involving reduction operations. These loops can be mapped to CUDA kernels using patterns. In this work we present FLAP, a tool to generate CUDA parallel code from sequential C code. This tool uses these patterns to generate parallel code CUDA. We present some tests to show the performance of the code that generates FLAP.
Keywords :
C language; parallel architectures; parallel programming; parallelising compilers; program control structures; CUDA parallel code generation; FLAP tool; FOR-loop mapping; GPU; high performance computing applications; nested-loops; parallelization; program development; programming tools; reduction operation loops; sequential C-code; sequential program loops; single-loops; Graphics processing units; Instruction sets; Kernel; Parallel programming; Testing; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Communications and Computers (CONIELECOMP), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cholula
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3468-3
DOI :
10.1109/CONIELECOMP.2014.6808564