Title
Formal Methods for GPGPU Programming - Is the Demand Met?
Abstract
Over the years, researchers have developed many formal method tools to support software development. However, hardly any studies are conducted to determine whether the actual problems developers encounter are sufficiently addressed. For the relatively young field of GPU programming, we would like to know whether the tools developed so far are sufficient, or whether some problems still need attention. To this end, we first look at what kind of problems programmers encounter in OpenCL and CUDA. We gather problems from Stack Overflow and categorise them with card sorting. We find that problems related to memory, synchronisation of threads, threads in general and performance are essential topics. Next, we look at (verification) tools in industry and research, to see how these tools addressed the problems we discovered. We think many problems are already properly addressed, but there is still a need for easy to use sound tools. Alternatively, languages or programming styles can be created, that allows for easier checking for soundness .
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1007/978-3-030-63461-2_9
IFM
DocType
Volume
Citations 
Conference
12546
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lars B. van den Haak100.34
Anton Wijs220322.84
Mark Van Den Brand31298110.20
Marieke Huisman400.34