Program Structure, Compilation, and Machine Design

Abstract

In this chapter we address issues in program structure, compilation techniques, and machine design which are important for the support of pipelining on static dataflow computers. In Sections 10.1 and 10.2 we outline interesting and challenging problems in program structure analysis, as future research topics. In Section 10.3 we discuss briefly some pragmatic aspects of compiler design for dataflow computers, presenting an outline for a compiler structure in which pipelined code mapping can be incorporated. In Sections 10.4–10.6 we discuss issues in machine architecture design. Of course, a comprehensive discussion of dataflow computer design is beyond the scope of this monograph. And finally, we concentrate on a few points involving instruction set design that directly relate to our pipelined code mapping scheme.