Abstract
A single-source heterogeneous parallel programming model may be attractive for a number of reasons, including: the provision of an intuitive development interface; ease of debugging; and the facilitation of a concise codebase. Common examples are CUDA; OpenACC; and C++ AMP. At Codeplay Software we also provide a range of single-source C++ solutions within our Offload technology.
Such programming models ensure that large, existing codebases are rapidly parallelised for heterogeneous architectures. A second edge to the sword exists though, in the consequent implicit nature of data transfers occurring between distinct physical memories and corresponding address spaces.
Our Offload technology represents a novel, patented, set of heterogeneous parallel programming language technologies, featuring the integration of enhanced pointer types which are implicitly, statically, and immutably associated with a single address space; and typically correspond to a unit of physical memory.
In this talk I will describe our ongoing research work within the EU Framework 7 project LPGPU to visualise and react to expensive direct memory access operations, by applying new tools which augment the Offload C++ compiler for PlayStation 3.
Such programming models ensure that large, existing codebases are rapidly parallelised for heterogeneous architectures. A second edge to the sword exists though, in the consequent implicit nature of data transfers occurring between distinct physical memories and corresponding address spaces.
Our Offload technology represents a novel, patented, set of heterogeneous parallel programming language technologies, featuring the integration of enhanced pointer types which are implicitly, statically, and immutably associated with a single address space; and typically correspond to a unit of physical memory.
In this talk I will describe our ongoing research work within the EU Framework 7 project LPGPU to visualise and react to expensive direct memory access operations, by applying new tools which augment the Offload C++ compiler for PlayStation 3.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 8 May 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 2013 MMnet Workshop : Language and Runtime Support for Concurrent Systems - Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 8 May 2013 → … http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~hwloidl/Events/MMNet/mmnet13.html |
Workshop
| Workshop | 2013 MMnet Workshop |
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| Abbreviated title | MMnet'13 |
| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Edinburgh |
| Period | 8/05/13 → … |
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Keywords
- Memory
- C++
- Parallelism
- Visualisation