In this paper we present a novel approach for functional-style programming of distributed-memory clusters, targeting data-centric applications. The programming model proposed is purely sequential, SPMD-free and based on high- level functional features introduced since C++11 specification. Additionally, we propose a novel cluster-as-accelerator design principle. In this scheme, cluster nodes act as general inter- preters of user-defined functional tasks over node-local portions of distributed data structures. We envision coupling a simple yet powerful programming model with a lightweight, locality- aware distributed runtime as a promising step along the road towards high-performance data analytics, in particular under the perspective of the upcoming exascale era. We implemented the proposed approach in SkeDaTo, a prototyping C++ library of data-parallel skeletons exploiting cluster-as-accelerator at the bottom layer of the runtime software stack.
A Cluster-as-Accelerator Approach for SPMD-Free Data Parallelism
DROCCO, MAURIZIO;MISALE, CLAUDIA;ALDINUCCI, MARCO
2016-01-01
Abstract
In this paper we present a novel approach for functional-style programming of distributed-memory clusters, targeting data-centric applications. The programming model proposed is purely sequential, SPMD-free and based on high- level functional features introduced since C++11 specification. Additionally, we propose a novel cluster-as-accelerator design principle. In this scheme, cluster nodes act as general inter- preters of user-defined functional tasks over node-local portions of distributed data structures. We envision coupling a simple yet powerful programming model with a lightweight, locality- aware distributed runtime as a promising step along the road towards high-performance data analytics, in particular under the perspective of the upcoming exascale era. We implemented the proposed approach in SkeDaTo, a prototyping C++ library of data-parallel skeletons exploiting cluster-as-accelerator at the bottom layer of the runtime software stack.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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