MPOpt-Cell: a high-performance data-flow programming environment for the CELL BE processor

Alessio Franceschelli, Paolo Burgio, Giuseppe Tagliavini, Andrea Marongiu, Martino Ruggiero, Michele Lombardi, Alessio Bonfietti, Michela Milano, Luca Benini

Abstract: We present MPOpt-Cell, an architecture-aware framework for high-productivity development and efficient execution of stream applications on the CELL BE Processor. It enables developers to quickly build Synchronous Data Flow (SDF) applications using a simple and intuitive programming interface based on a set of compiler directives that capture the key abstractions of SDF. The compiler backend and system runtime efficiently manage hardware resources.