Unrolling loops in fortran

J. J. Dongarra; A. R. Hinds

doi:10.1002/spe.4380090307

Unrolling loops in fortran

J. J. Dongarra, A. R. Hinds

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Abstract

The technique of ‘unrolling’ to improve the performance of short program loops without resorting to assembly language coding is discussed. A comparison of the benefits of loop ‘unrolling’ on a variety of computers using an assortment of FORTRAN compilers is presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	219-226
Number of pages	8
Journal	Software: Practice and Experience
Volume	9
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/spe.4380090307
State	Published - Mar 1979
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

FORTRAN
Loop doubling
Loop efficiency
Unrolled loops

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