The C∥ data parallel language on a shared memory multiprocessor

Abstract

The image processing applications require both computing and input/output power. The GFLOPS project's aim is to develop a parallel architecture as well as its software environment to implement those applications efficiently. This goal can be achieved only with a real collaboration among the architecture, the compiler and the programming language. This paper investigates the C/ / on global address space architectures. The main advantage of our paradigm is lhat it allows a unique framework to express both data and control parallelism. We will first present the structure of the GFLOPS machine used to implement this language. The C// parallel language will be presented in the next section, and finally we will evaluate the effectiveness of the mechanisms incorporated in the architecture to implement the high level C// structures.