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Re: Binary Autovectorization
- From: Tim Prince <TimothyPrince at sbcglobal dot net>
- To: Rodrigo Dominguez <roddomi at hotmail dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:53:09 -0800
- Subject: Re: Binary Autovectorization
- References: <BAY109-DAV107D2AE8BFA57D4FF81FA9B9C90@phx.gbl>
- Reply-to: tprince at computer dot org
Rodrigo Dominguez wrote:
> I am looking at binary auto-vectorization or taking a binary and rewriting
> it to use SIMD instructions (either statically or dynamically).
That's a tall order, considering how much source level dependency
information is needed. I don't know whether proprietary binary
translation projects currently under way promise to add vectorization, or
just to translate SIMD vector code to new ISA.