Title :
Dataflow machines
Author :
Janneck, Jorn W. ; Cerdersjo, Gustav ; Bezati, Endri ; Brunet, Simone Casale
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Lund Univ., Lund, Sweden
Abstract :
This paper presents dataflow machines, a model for stream programs aimed at capturing their logical structure in a way that is amenable to analysis, composition, and hardware and software code generation. We discuss the properties of the model, and its relationship to a previous effort, actor machines. Dataflow machines are motivated by the shortcomings of actor machines when generating highly parallel implementations (such as in hardware), and when composing machines. The paper compares and contrasts the two models with emphasis on these two topics.
Keywords :
data flow analysis; program compilers; actor machines; datafiow machines; hardware code generation; logical structure; software code generation; stream programs; Concurrent computing; Hardware; Petri nets; Ports (Computers); Process control; Streaming media; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Signals, Systems and Computers, 2014 48th Asilomar Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8295-0
DOI :
10.1109/ACSSC.2014.7094788
