[LLVMdev] Vectorization: Next Steps

[Tobias Grosser]

On 02/07/2012 06:25 PM, Preston Briggs wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Tobias Grosser<tobias at grosser.es>  wrote:
>> The question her is,
>> if the linear recurrence example and similar code can be easily optimized
>> within the high level polyhedral abstraction without having to rewrite on
>> the LLVM-IR layer. If you provide the expected output, I may give this a
>> try.
>
> I expect it's more of a research problem, versus simply coding.
> I've looked some, and don't find anything about handling recurrences and
> reductions inside a polyhedral framework.  But more eyes may see more...
>
> The paper I refer to for solving these is here:
> http://www.springerlink.com/content/x1346405k3834474/

Very interesting. I just skimmed through it and won't have time to read 
it today, but I should really take a close look here. Thanks for the 
pointer.

Tobi