SCF: A device- and language-independent task coordination framework for reconfigurable, heterogeneous systems

Proceedings - 3rd International Workshop on High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing Technology and Applications, HPRCTA'09, held in Conjunction with SC09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 19-28

  Aggarwal, V ^a   Garcia, R ^a   Stitt, G ^a   George, A ^a   Lam, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerators; Communication; Coordination; Heterogeneous computing; Portability; Productivity; Reconfigurable computing

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT; APPLICATION PORTABILITY; CELL PROCESSOR; COMMUNICATION SYNTHESIS; COMPUTING SYSTEM; COORDINATION FRAMEWORKS; GENERIC SOLUTIONS; HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING; HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING SYSTEM; HETEROGENEOUS DEVICES; HETEROGENEOUS PROCESSING; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; INDEPENDENT TASKS; LEVEL DESIGN; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; RAPID DESIGN; RE-CONFIGURABLE; RECONFIGURABLE COMPUTING; SYSTEM LEVELS;

COMMUNICATION; COORDINATION REACTIONS; LINGUISTICS; PRODUCTIVITY; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; QUERY LANGUAGES; SPACE RESEARCH;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE PORTABILITY;

EID: 74049161228     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1646461.1646464     Document Type: Conference Paper

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