A second generation of DEFG: Declarative Framework for GPUs
Robert Senser, Tom Altman · 2014
DEFG is our declarative language and framework for the efficient generation of OpenCL GPU applications. Using our new DEFG implementation, run-time and lines-of-code comparisons are provided for three well-known algorithms: Sobel image filtering, breadth-first search and all-pairs shortest path. The DEFG declarative language and corresponding OpenCL kernels provide complete OpenCL applications. The lines-of-code comparison demonstrates that the C/C++ DEFG applications require significantly less coding than hand-written CPU-side OpenCL applications. The run-time results demonstrate equivalent, or better, performance characteristics compared to the hand-written applications.