[llvm-dev] Heroic LLVM optimizations

[Tobias Grosser via llvm-dev]

Hi Jose,

we have work based on Polly which should get the loop-fusion in
SPEC2017. The code is not yet ready to share, but I would be interested
to learn if this would be of use to you.

Best,
Tobias

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017, at 00:15, renau at uncore.io via llvm-dev wrote:
> 
>   I am a professor at UC Santa Cruz, but I also do consulting a Huawei. 
> Chris Lattner told me that I should post
> this in the llvm-dev.
> 
>   HiSilicon (Santa Clara office) is looking for some developer capable of 
> implementing the "heroic optimizations" 
> (http://llvm.org/devmtg/2015-10/slides/Gerolf-PerformanceImprovementsAndHeadroom.pdf) 
> in LLVM. Focus on SPEC2006 but also looking at the new SPEC2017.
> 
>   The goal is to match, or get closer, to the Intel compiler with 
> SPEC2006. ICC has a significant advantage. As the talk shows, there is 
> over 10x diff in libquantum,
> and other benchmarks have also significant difference between latest 
> gcc/llvm and ICC.
> 
>   Send me an email with your CV or questions if you want a full time job 
> working on this (open source) and helping with
> other compiler optimizations for future ARMv8 servers. Something like 
> 50% of the time open source LLVM, 50% in new
> compiler/JIT opts for future arm server.
> 
> ---
> Jose Renau
> UNCORE LLC
> 
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