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Skeleton/template based programming models allow performance prediction of parallel applications to be performed by exploiting the analytical performance models associated to the implementation templates. In this work, we present a software tool (P3L-prof) that supports programmers using skeleton/template programming based languages in the performance debugging/tuning of parallel applications. P3L-prof allows different “structures” (skeleton compositions) of a parallel application to be evaluated with respect to their expected performance onto a given target architecture before the application is actually coded and run. It also allow programmers to compare the expected performances on different target architectures in such a way that the “best performing” one can be individuated.
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Ceccolini, A., Danelutto, M., Orsini, G., Pelagatti, S. (1996). A tool for the development of structured parallel applications. In: Liddell, H., Colbrook, A., Hertzberger, B., Sloot, P. (eds) High-Performance Computing and Networking. HPCN-Europe 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1067. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61142-8_587
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