HP, University of Illinois and New York University Provide Advanced EPIC Compiler Research Infrastructure to Universities.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 18, 1998-- Infrastructure Released to Promote Widespread EPIC Compiler Development, Enhance Performance for Future EPIC/IA-64 Systems Hewlett-Packard Company, the IMPACT compiler group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Early years: 1867-1880 The Morrill Act of 1862 granted each state in the United States a portion of land on which to establish a major public state university, one which could teach agriculture, mechanic arts, and military training, "without excluding other scientific , and the React-ILP Laboratory at New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. today released the Trimaran EPIC (Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (EPIC) is a computing paradigm that began to be researched in the early 1980s resulting in a U.S. patent 4,847,755 (Gordon Morrison, et. al).[1] This paradigm is also called Independence architectures. ) compiler research infrastructure to the academic community. The infrastructure is expected to facilitate instruction and research in EPIC technology and to lower the barrier to entry for research and instruction in this field greatly. It also is expected to help universities participate in development of EPIC compiler technology. IA-64 (Intel(R) Architecture 64-bit), Intel's next-generation microprocessor platform, is based on EPIC technology, co-developed by HP and Intel. HP Labs has been developing EPIC compilers since 1989 in the company's Compiler and Architecture Research group and as part of the PA-WideWord program. Extensive compiler research has continued at HP Labs and through cooperative efforts with the University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
The Trimaran team is helping universities overcome financial barriers to establishing EPIC compiler research programs by providing a research infrastructure at no cost. While many universities have infrastructures for superscalar A CPU architecture that allows more than one instruction to be executed in one clock cycle. See pipeline processing. (architecture) superscalar - A superscalar architecture is a uniprocessor that can execute two or more scalar operations in parallel. and multiprocessor research, most are just beginning to study next-generation EPIC technology. HP believes that extensive research will produce significant gains in EPIC compiler technology and help realize the tremendous performance potential of EPIC architectures. HP intends to continue its own compiler research as well. HP's Compiler and Architecture Research group is headed by B. Ramakrishna Rau, who holds a doctorate in electrical engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. . Professor Wen-mei Hwu heads the University of Illinois' IMPACT compiler group, and Professor Krishna V. Palem leads the React-ILP Laboratory at New York University. "Years of EPIC compiler research enable HP to provide this information to the academic community while maintaining a significant edge in designing IA-64-based systems with the highest performance levels," said Bill Russell, HP vice president and general manager of the Enterprise Systems Group. "Continuing our innovation in advanced compiler technology and fostering a strong research infrastructure for the academic community reinforces HP's commitment to driving the broad adoption of IA-64 technology. The expertise and knowledge HP has gained in co-developing EPIC positions the company to deliver systems that realize the full potential of IA-64 technology." EPIC, the foundation of the 64-bit Instruction Set Architecture (ISA (1) (Instruction Set Architecture) See instruction set. (2) (Interactive Services Association) See Internet Alliance. (3) (Internet Security and Acceleration) See .NET. ), uses predication In CPU instruction execution, executing all outcomes of a branch in parallel. When the correct branch is finally known, the results of the incorrect branch sequences are discarded. See branch prediction. , speculation, explicit parallelism and other qualities specific to EPIC technology to deliver superior processing performance and inherent scalability not available with conventional RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. architectures. EPIC compilers use access to architectural information and control over processor execution to expose, exploit and orchestrate opportunities for parallelism within an application, thus extracting maximum speed and performance from EPIC/IA-64 systems. HP expects EPIC/IA-64 systems to offer significant advantages over existing computing platforms. ABOUT HP Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global provider of computing, Internet and intranet solutions, services, communications products and measurement solutions, all of which are recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 125,300 employees and had revenue of $42.9 billion in its 1997 fiscal year. Information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com. Information about the University of Illinois' IMPACT compiler group can be found at http://www.crhc.uiuc.edu/Impact/. Information about New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of University's React-ILP laboratory can be found at http://react-ilp.cs.nyu.edu/. Note to Editors: Intel is a U.S. registered trademark of Intel Corporation. CONTACT: Copithorne & Bellows for HP Darleen DeRosa, 415/284-5200 Email: darleen.derosa@cbpr.com |
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