Research Proposal : Michael O ’ Boyle

This project aims to develop a new framework which enables compilers to adapt with and exploit the exponential growth in hardware performance. This is achieved by systematically describing the program optimisation space and by developing new approaches to explore this space in a manner independent of application or underlying architecture. Furthermore, by transcending the distinction between compile-time and run-time and by integrating currently distinct areas of program comprehension and transformation, this project aims to develop a systematic optimisation approach suitable for a diverse range of requirements from cost critical hardwired embedded applications to super-computing grand challenge applications and just-in-time compilation of downloaded applications for reconfigurable FPGA based processors. Given this foundational work, this project aims to change the area of optimising compilation from one that is ad hoc and reactive to hardware evolution to one based on solid foundations that drives architectural change whereby the next generation of hardware is co-designed by compiler technology.