PRASE (Parallel Resource Analysis Software Environment) Instrumentation Software for the Intel iPSC Hypercube
Abstract
PRASE (Parallel Resource Analysis Software Environment) , developed at the Air Force Institute of Technology to support local users, consists of a set of subroutines and programs that aid a user in monitoring parallel processing software targeted for an Intel iPSC Hypercube. PRASE was in many ways patterned after Seecube, an effort by Alva Couch and others at Tufts University in Massachusetts. Like Seecube, instrumentation code must be embedded in a user's source code to facilitate data collection. After data has been collected, a translator may be used to translate PRASE data into Seecube format. This allows application-specific instrumentation. Preprocessors for both C and Fortran automatically embed necessary subroutine calls using a user defined configuration file. The data collection subroutines are written in C and can be called by both C and Fortran. Data collected during program execution can be held in Hypercube memory and written to disk at the end of a run, or dumped periodically to disk during a run which may aid in debugging.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA206046
Entities
People
- Mark A. Kahl
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology