Partial Evaluation for Scientific Computing: The Supercomputer Toolkit Experience

Abstract

We describe the key role played by partial evaluation in the Supercomputer Toolkit, a parallel computing system for scientific applications that effectively exploits the vast amount of parallelism exposed by partial evaluation. The Supercomputer Toolkit parallel processor and its associated partial evaluation-based compiler have been used extensively by scientists at M. I.T., and have made possible recent results in astrophysics showing that the motion of the planets in our solar system is chaotically unstable.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA282286

Entities

People

  • Andrew Berlin
  • Rajeev Surati

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Assembly Languages
  • C Programming Language
  • Communication Channels
  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Differential Equations
  • Grain Size
  • High Level Languages
  • Language
  • Parallel Processors
  • Programming Languages
  • Simulations
  • Solar System

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris