Entry for the LITERATURE

Entry for the LITERATURE

[Toon Moene]

I just came across this jewel:

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From: metcalf@mail.cern.ch (Mike METCALF)
Organization: CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research
Subject: XLF - all is revealed
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 14:12:21 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran


There are often discussions/speculations here about how given  
compilers optimize source code, and in particular about how they  
deal with optimal use of cache memory. I have just noticed a paper  
describing exactly how this is done in IBM's xlf compiler, using the  
-qhot option, as of version 4. The reference is: IBM J. Res.  
Develop., 41, 3, May 1997, 233-264 - Automatic selection of  
high-order transformations in the IBM XL Fortran compiler, V.  
Sarkar.

Highly recommended.

                Mike Metcalf

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Mike Metcalf is a long time (i.e. since mid-60's) CERN scientist  
who has been on various Fortran Standardisation bodies.

I hope this paper saves me a lot of explaining my `after the  
release' wish-list for Fortran specific optimisations :-)

David (Edelsohn), is this paper online somewhere ?

Cheers,
Toon.

Re: Entry for the LITERATURE

[David Edelsohn]

>>>>> Toon Moene writes:

Toon> There are often discussions/speculations here about how given  
Toon> compilers optimize source code, and in particular about how they  
Toon> deal with optimal use of cache memory. I have just noticed a paper  
Toon> describing exactly how this is done in IBM's xlf compiler, using the  
Toon> -qhot option, as of version 4. The reference is: IBM J. Res.  
Toon> Develop., 41, 3, May 1997, 233-264 - Automatic selection of  
Toon> high-order transformations in the IBM XL Fortran compiler, V.  
Toon> Sarkar.

Toon> David (Edelsohn), is this paper online somewhere ?

	This article is in the current issue of the IBM Journal of
Research and Development entitled "Performance analysis and its impact on
design (PAID)".  The web site for this journal is

	http://www.almaden.ibm.com/journal/

The link for the current issue leads to a table of contents and links for
individual articles.  The abstract is online as HTML and the full text of
the article is online as ASCII.  As stated at the site, copying fee
specified above the article title in the full text is to be paid through
the Copyright Clearance Center in Massachusetts.

David
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Re: Entry for the LITERATURE

[Jeffrey A Law]

  In message < 9711071915.AA24282@rios1.watson.ibm.com >you write:
  > 	This article is in the current issue of the IBM Journal of
  > Research and Development entitled "Performance analysis and its impact on
  > design (PAID)".  The web site for this journal is
  > 
  > 	http://www.almaden.ibm.com/journal/
I put a pointer to the site in the LITERATURE file.  Thanks!

jeff