[LLVMdev] LLVM and Cell processor

[Sébastien Pierre]

Hi all,

I've been following LLVM for a couple of years, and though I've not  
found an occasion to use it (yet), I'm always curious about its  
potential uses.

I was discussing with friends about the Cell processor, and some of  
the arguments were that it is difficult to program and difficult to  
optimize. One of the concerns was that the PPE (central processor) is  
"in order", which implies that the compiler has to be able to  
optimize the code in a much more advanced way.

I don't know if LLVM will support the Cell, but I was wondering if  
there are features that allow to produce code that will be optimized  
for "in order" processors.

Thanks :)

  -- Sébastien