A tool for algorithm visualization on the reconfigurable mesh

Author

Bordim, Jacir Luiz ; Watanabe, Tomoo ; Nakano, Koji ; Hayashi, Tatsuya

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nagoya Inst. of Technol., Japan

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

406

Lastpage

411

Abstract

Many parallel algorithms on the reconfigurable mesh have been developed so far. However it is hard to understand the behavior of these algorithms, because the bus topology is dynamically changing during the execution. This paper describes VMesh, a tool for visualizing parallel algorithms on the reconfigurable mesh. The purpose of the VMesh is to provide a comprehensive environment for development, visualization and debugging of algorithms. This system has proven to be useful for studying and understanding the behavior of parallel algorithms on the reconfigurable mesh

Keywords

parallel algorithms; parallel architectures; program debugging; program visualisation; reconfigurable architectures; VMesh; algorithm debugging; algorithm development; algorithm visualization; bus topology; parallel algorithms; reconfigurable mesh; Algorithm design and analysis; Animation; Computer displays; Computer science; Data visualization; Debugging; Education; Graphics; Topology; Virtual manufacturing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Parallel Architectures, Algorithms, and Networks, 1999. (I-SPAN '99) Proceedings. Fourth InternationalSymposium on

Conference_Location

Perth/Fremantle, WA

ISSN

1087-4089

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0231-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPAN.1999.778972

Filename

778972