Hi Richard,
Richard Walsh wrote:
It is useful in a message context in the same way the vector
instructions are useful in a memory
reference context. Automatic "message" aggregation is an
optimization technique being
used in UPC compiler development.
Message aggregation would be much more beneficial in the context of UPC,
where the compiler will likely generates many small grain communications
to the same remote process. However, as Greg pointed out, MPI
applications often already aggregate messages themselves (this is
something even "challenged" application people understand easily).
I would bet that UPC could more efficiently leverage a strided or vector
communication primitive instead of message aggregation. I don't know if
GasNet provides one, I know ARMCI does.
Patrick
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Patrick Geoffray
Myricom, Inc.
http://www.myri.com
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