MSL : a synthesis enabled language for distributed high performance computing implementations

SPMD-style (single program multiple data) parallel programming, usually done with MPI, are dominant in high-performance computing on distributed memory machines. This thesis outlines a new methodology to aid in the development of SPMD-style high-performance programs. The new methodology is supported by a new language called MSL that combines ideas from generative programming and software synthesis to simplify the development process as well as to allow programmers to package complex implementation strategies behind clean high-level reusable abstractions. We propose in this thesis the key new language features in MSL and new analyses in order to support synthesis and equivalence checking for programs written in SPMD-style, as well as empirical evaluations of our new methodology.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2016

Author dc:creator

• Xu, Zhilei

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Armando Solar-Lezama.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107359

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/107359