Compiler Memory Management and Compound Function Definition for Multiprocessors

The first part of this thesis deals with managing data in the multi-level memories of a tightly-coupled multiprocessor. One of the problems with this type of multiprocessor is the slow global memory. We examine how a compiler can use data dependence information to determine how data is used in a program, and then transform the program to exploit features in the multiprocessor's architecture to reduce the program's memory access time. The compiler/architecture techniques this thesis examines are allocating data to faster local memories, using a pipelined interconnection network, and overlapping global memory access with other operations. We present data from Parafrase-based experiments that measure the effectiveness of these techniques.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Computer Science

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Husmann, Harlan Edward

• Computer Science

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8701513

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69559