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Re: Entry for the LITERATURE
- To: Toon Moene <toon at moene dot indiv dot nluug dot nl>
- Subject: Re: Entry for the LITERATURE
- From: David Edelsohn <dje at watson dot ibm dot com>
- Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 14:15:10 -0500
- Cc: egcs at cygnus dot com
>>>>> Toon Moene writes:
Toon> There are often discussions/speculations here about how given
Toon> compilers optimize source code, and in particular about how they
Toon> deal with optimal use of cache memory. I have just noticed a paper
Toon> describing exactly how this is done in IBM's xlf compiler, using the
Toon> -qhot option, as of version 4. The reference is: IBM J. Res.
Toon> Develop., 41, 3, May 1997, 233-264 - Automatic selection of
Toon> high-order transformations in the IBM XL Fortran compiler, V.
Toon> Sarkar.
Toon> David (Edelsohn), is this paper online somewhere ?
This article is in the current issue of the IBM Journal of
Research and Development entitled "Performance analysis and its impact on
design (PAID)". The web site for this journal is
http://www.almaden.ibm.com/journal/
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David
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