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In this paper we present the initial development of a streaming environment based on a programming model and machine description. The stream programming model consists of an extension to the C language and it’s translation towards a streaming machine. The extensions will be a set of OpenMP-like directives. We show how a serial application can be converted into a streaming parallel application using the proposed annotations. We also show how the machine description can be used to parametrize a cost-model simulator to predict the performance of the stream program. The cost model allows the compiler to determine the best task partitioning and scheduling for each architecture.
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Carpenter, P., Rodenas, D., Martorell, X., Ramirez, A., Ayguadé, E. (2007). A Streaming Machine Description and Programming Model. In: Vassiliadis, S., Bereković, M., Hämäläinen, T.D. (eds) Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, Modeling, and Simulation. SAMOS 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4599. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73625-7_13
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