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<p>Hi, <br>

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<p>We are looking for reviewers for <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://reviews.llvm.org/D69103">

https://reviews.llvm.org/D69103</a> , which registers a target stub for the NEC SX-Aurora Vector Engine.<br>

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<p>(Summary)<br>

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<p>This patch registers the 've' target: the NEC SX-Aurora TSUBASA Vector Engine.</p>

<p>This follows up on the announcement on llvm-dev: <a href="https://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2019-April/131580.html" class="remarkup-link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">

https://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2019-April/131580.html</a><br>

We have a poster & lightning talk at the upcoming DevMtg: <a href="http://llvm.org/devmtg/2019-10/talk-abstracts.html#lit6" class="remarkup-link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">

http://llvm.org/devmtg/2019-10/talk-abstracts.html#lit6</a></p>

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<li class="remarkup-list-item">Public documentation (architecture, encodings, instructions)

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<li class="remarkup-list-item">ISA manual: <a href="https://www.hpc.nec/documents/guide/pdfs/Aurora_ISA_guide.pdf" class="remarkup-link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">

https://www.hpc.nec/documents/guide/pdfs/Aurora_ISA_guide.pdf</a> </li><li class="remarkup-list-item">Up-to-date documentation on architecture and tools:

<a href="https://www.hpc.nec/documents/" class="remarkup-link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">

https://www.hpc.nec/documents/</a> </li></ul>

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<li class="remarkup-list-item">Reference implementation

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<li class="remarkup-list-item">github: <a href="https://github.com/sx-aurora-dev/llvm-project" class="remarkup-link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">

https://github.com/sx-aurora-dev/llvm-project</a> </li><li class="remarkup-list-item">Status: full scalar instruction support, clang toolchain integration, vector support through intrinsics.

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<li class="remarkup-list-item">Testing

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<li class="remarkup-list-item">Reference implementation is tested continuously at NEC.

</li><li class="remarkup-list-item">We are planning to setup a buildslave reporting to LLVM buildmaster.

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<li class="remarkup-list-item">Code owner of the VE target

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<li class="remarkup-list-item">Simon Moll </li></ul>

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<p>A rough roadmap:</p>

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<li class="remarkup-list-item">Registers, encodings, scalar instructions, clang tooling, ..

</li><li class="remarkup-list-item">Vector instruction support through target-specific intrinsics.

</li><li class="remarkup-list-item">Support for <a href="https://reviews.llvm.org/D57504" class="remarkup-link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">

LLVM-VP</a> as it becomes available in LLVM upstream. </li></ol>

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<p>Thanks</p>

<p>- Simon<br>

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