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Towards a Lightweight HPF Compiler

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High Performance Computing (ISHPC 2002)

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The UXP/V HPF compiler, that has been developed for the VPP series vector-parallel supercomputers, extracts the highest performance from the hardware. However, it is getting difficult for developers to concentrate on a specific hardware. This paper describes a method of developing an HPF compiler for multiple platforms without losing performance. Advantage is taken of existing technology. The code generator and runtime system of VPP Fortran are reused for high-end computers; MPI is employed for general distributed environments, such as a PC cluster. Following a performance estimation on different systems, we discuss effectiveness of the method and open issues.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Strategy and Technology Division, Software Group Fujitsu Ltd., 140 Miyamoto, Numazu-shi, Shizuoka, 410-0396, Japan

    Hidetoshi Iwashita, Kohichiro Hotta & Sachio Kamiya

  2. Fujitsu European Centre for Information Technology Ltd., Hayes Park Central, Hayes End Road, Hayes, UB4 8FE, UK

    Matthijs van Waveren

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Software Science, University of Vienna, Liechtensteinstr. 22, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    Hans P. Zima

  2. Department of Information and Computer Science, Nara Women’s University, Kitauoyanishimachi, Nara City, 630-8506, Japan

    Kazuki Joe

  3. Institute of Information Science and Electronics, University of Tsukuba, Tenno-dai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan

    Mitsuhisa Sato

  4. Internet Systems Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation, 4-1-1, Miyazaki, Miyamae, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 216-8555, Japan

    Yoshiki Seo

  5. Kyoto University, Yoshidahonmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan

    Masaaki Shimasaki

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Iwashita, H., Hotta, K., Kamiya, S., van Waveren, M. (2002). Towards a Lightweight HPF Compiler. In: Zima, H.P., Joe, K., Sato, M., Seo, Y., Shimasaki, M. (eds) High Performance Computing. ISHPC 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2327. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-47847-7_49

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