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International Workshop on Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing

LCPC 1999: Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing pp 399–414Cite as

The Scc Compiler: SWARing at MMX and 3D Now!

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Last year, we discussed the issues surrounding the development of languages and compilers for a general, portable, high-level SIMD Within A Register (SWAR) execution model. In a first effort to provide such a language and a framework for further research on this form of parallel processing, we proposed the vector-based language SWARC, and an experimental module compiler for this language, called Scc, which targeted IA32+MMX-based architectures.

Since that time, we have worked to expand the types of targets that Scc supports and to include optimizations based on both vector processing and enhanced hardware support for SWAR. This paper provides a more formal description of the SWARC language, describes the organization of the current version of the Scc compiler, and discusses the implementation of optimizations within this framework.

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  1. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-1285

    Randall J. Fisher & Henry G. Dietz

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0114, USA

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Fisher, R.J., Dietz, H.G. (2000). The Scc Compiler: SWARing at MMX and 3D Now!. In: Carter, L., Ferrante, J. (eds) Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing. LCPC 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1863. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44905-1_25

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