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HERCULES: A Pattern Driven Code Transformation System

Kartsaklis, Christos·Hernandez, Oscar·Hsu, Chung-Hsing·Ilsche, Thomas·Joubert, Wayne·Graham, Richard L.
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New parallel computers are emerging, but developing efficient scientific code for them remains difficult. A scientist must manage not only the science-domain complexity but also the performance-optimization complexity. HERCULES is a code transformation system designed to help the scientist to separate the two concerns, which improves code maintenance, and facilitates performance optimization. The system combines three technologies, code patterns, transformation scripts and compiler plugins, to provide the scientist with an environment to quickly implement code transformations that suit his needs. Unlike existing code optimization tools, HERCULES is unique in its focus on user-level accessibility. In this paper we discuss the design, implementation and an initial evaluation of HERCULES.

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Kartsaklis, Christos, Hernandez, Oscar, Hsu, Chung-Hsing, Ilsche, Thomas, Joubert, Wayne, Graham, Richard L.. 2012-08-16. HERCULES: A Pattern Driven Code Transformation System. https://doi.org/10.1109/ipdpsw.2012.69

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