INCLUDING IMPROVEMENT OF THE EXECUTION TIME IN A SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE OF LIBRARIES WITH SELF-OPTIMISATION
Luis-Pedro García, Javier Cuenca, Domingo Giménez · 2007
auto-tuning, performance modelling, self-optimisation, hierarchy of libraries The design of hierarchies of libraries helps to obtain modular and efficient sets of routines to solve problems of specific fields. An example is ScaLAPACK’s hierarchy in the field of parallel linear algebra. To facilitate the efficient execution of these routines, the inclusion of self-optimization techniques in the hierarchy has been analysed. The routines at a level of the hierarchy use information generated by routines from lower levels. But sometimes, the information generated at one level is not accurate enough to be used satisfactorily at higher levels, and a remodelling of the routines is necessary. A remodelling phase is proposed and analysed with a Strassen matrix multiplication. 1