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HIPAcc: A Domain-Specific Language and Compiler for Image Processing

Membarth, Richard, Reiche, Oliver, Hannig, Frank, Teich, Jurgen, Korner, Mario, Eckert, Wieland·2016·IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Abstract

Domain-specific languages (DSLs) provide high-level and domain-specific abstractions that allow expressive and concise algorithm descriptions. Since the description in a DSL hides also the properties of the target hardware, DSLs are a promising path to target different parallel and heterogeneous hardware from the same algorithm description. In theory, the DSL description can capture all characteristics of the algorithm that are required to generate highly efficient parallel implementations. However, most frameworks do not make use of this knowledge and the performance cannot reach that of optimized library implementations. In this article, we present the HIPAccframework, a DSL and source-to-source compiler for image processing. We show that domain knowledge can be captured in the language and that this knowledge enables us to generate tailored implementations for a given target architecture. Back ends for CUDA, OpenCL, and Renderscript allow us to target discrete graphics processing units (GPUs) as well as mobile, embedded GPUs. Exploiting the captured domain knowledge, we can generate specialized algorithm variants that reach the maximal achievable performance due to the peak memory bandwidth. These implementations outperform state-of-the-art domain-specific languages and libraries significantly.

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Authors
Membarth, R., Reiche, O., Hannig, F., Teich, J., Korner, M., & Eckert, W.
Affiliations
  • German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DE)
  • Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE)
  • Siemens (Germany) (DE)
Venue
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
Published
2016-01-01
Volume
27
Issue
1
Pages
210-224
ISSN
1045-9219 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2075745057
Cited by
102
References
41
Citations by year
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FWCI
22.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • German Research Foundation
  • Research Training Group
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Hardware and Architecture › Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Hardware and Architecture › Embedded Systems Design Techniques
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Software › Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques
Keywords
domain-specific languages, image processing, source-to-source compiler, GPU programming, CUDA, OpenCL, heterogeneous hardware, memory bandwidth optimization

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