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Improving Data Locality by Array Contraction
September 2004 (vol. 53 no. 9)
pp. 1073-1084
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Yonghong Song, Rong Xu, Cheng Wang, Zhiyuan Li, "Improving Data Locality by Array Contraction," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 53, no. 9, pp. 1073-1084, September, 2004.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/TC.2004.62,
author = {Yonghong Song and Rong Xu and Cheng Wang and Zhiyuan Li},
title = {Improving Data Locality by Array Contraction},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Computers},
volume = {53},
number = {9},
issn = {0018-9340},
year = {2004},
pages = {1073-1084},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TC.2004.62},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - JOUR
JO - IEEE Transactions on Computers
TI - Improving Data Locality by Array Contraction
IS - 9
SN - 0018-9340
SP1073
EP1084
EPD - 1073-1084
A1 - Yonghong Song,
A1 - Rong Xu,
A1 - Cheng Wang,
A1 - Zhiyuan Li,
PY - 2004
KW - Compiler
KW - memory
KW - optimization
KW - performance
KW - array contraction
KW - data locality
KW - loop shifting
KW - optimizing compilers.
VL - 53
JA - IEEE Transactions on Computers
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Zhiyuan Li, IEEE Computer Society
Array contraction is a program transformation which reduces array size while preserving the correct output. In this paper, we present an aggressive array-contraction technique and study its impact on memory system performance. This technique, called controlled SFC, combines loop shifting and controlled loop fusion to maximize opportunities for array contraction within a given loop nesting. A controlled fusion scheme is used to prevent overfusing loops and to avoid excessive pressure on the cache and the registers. Reducing the array size increases data reuse because of the increased average number of memory operations on the same memory addresses. Furthermore, if the data size of a loop nest fits in the cache after array contraction, then repeated references to the same variable in the loop nest will generate cache hits, assuming set conflicts are eliminated successfully.

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Index Terms:
Compiler, memory, optimization, performance, array contraction, data locality, loop shifting, optimizing compilers.
Citation:
Yonghong Song, Rong Xu, Cheng Wang, Zhiyuan Li, "Improving Data Locality by Array Contraction," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 53, no. 9, pp. 1073-1084, Sept. 2004, doi:10.1109/TC.2004.62
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