Fortran for the Texas Instruments ASC system

  • Authors:
  • Dorothy Wedel

  • Affiliations:
  • Texas Instruments Incorporated

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the conference on Programming languages and compilers for parallel and vector machines
  • Year:
  • 1975

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Abstract

The ASC Fortran compiler and the methods of optimizing the execution times of compiled programs are described. Language extensions and compiler organization are briefly outlined. Traditional scalar optimization techniques and techniques to detect and generate vector operations from ANS standard Fortran source code are discussed. Emphasis is placed on optimal generation of vector operations and parallel processing. The vector and parallel processing techniques described here are applicable to a wide variety of vector or parallel processing machines. Numerous examples are discussed to demonstrate many of the capabilities and features of the compiler.