A status report on VisPar: a visual tool for designing parallel programs

Author

Gorlatch, Sergei ; Kehbel, Henry

Author_Institution

Fachbereich Inf., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Germany

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

77

Lastpage

82

Abstract

We describe VisPar - a visual tool intended to support the programmer in the process of designing complex parallel applications. The novel features of the tool are: support for both task and data parallelism and a mixture of the two; extensive use of analytical cost models for performance prediction; systematic program design by applying optimizing transformations; and visualization of the design process. We demonstrate the use of VisPar on a relevant case study - the practically important Jpeg compression algorithm $and report on the current status of the tool implementation

Keywords

parallel programming; program visualisation; software tools; Jpeg compression algorithm; VisPar; analytical cost models; complex parallel applications; data parallelism; design process; optimizing transformations; parallel program design; performance prediction; systematic program design; task parallelism; visual tool; visualization; Analytical models; Compression algorithms; Cost function; Data visualization; Design optimization; Performance analysis; Predictive models; Process design; Programming profession; Transform coding;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems: Technology and Applications, International Workshop on, 2001.

Conference_Location

Crimea

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7164-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IDAACS.2001.941984

Filename

941984