EDPEPPS: an integrated environment for the parallel development life-cycle

This paper describes an environment for performance-oriented design of portable parallel software. The environment consists of a graphical design tool for building parallel algorithms, a state-of-the-art simulation engine, a CPU characterisation tool, a distributed debugging tool and a visualisation...

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Published inFuture generation computer systems Vol. 16; no. 6; pp. 585 - 595
Main Authors Delaitre, T., Zemerly, M.J., Justo, G.R., Audo, O., Winter, S.C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 2000
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Graphical design
Parallel programming environments
Performance prediction
Simulation
Visualisation
Performance prediction
Graphical design
Visualisation
Parallel programming environments
Simulation
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Summary:This paper describes an environment for performance-oriented design of portable parallel software. The environment consists of a graphical design tool for building parallel algorithms, a state-of-the-art simulation engine, a CPU characterisation tool, a distributed debugging tool and a visualisation/replay tool. The environment is used to model a virtual machine composed of a cluster of heterogeneous workstations interconnected by a local area network. The simulation model used is modular and its components are interchangeable which allows easy re-configuration of the platform. The model is validated using experiments on two parallel Givens linear solver algorithms with average errors of about 8%.
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ISSN:0167-739X
1872-7115
DOI:10.1016/S0167-739X(99)00072-2