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The Mill CPU Architecture – The Compiler (10 of 13)

Mill Computing, Inc. · lecture · Watch on YouTube

Computer architecture & CPUsCompilers, interpreters & program analysis

What it is

A long Mill Computing lecture on the Mill CPU's compiler toolchain, covering the specializer that targets family members, scheduling and latency passes, and the belt. It explains how the compiler handles a wide-issue, exposed-pipeline design.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited as the authoritative source on how Mill's VLIW-style compiler specializes code and differs from Itanium.

  • 1 people recommended it
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  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “have a design talk that covers these concepts wonderfully in the general form”

    Shows how the Mill VLIW compiler specialises code for different hardware variants.

    anotherhue, 2023-01 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Why did stack-based CPUs lose out?”

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Topics: mill cpu, vliw, compiler, belt, instruction scheduling

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