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GreenThumb: superoptimizer construction framework

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GreenThumb: superoptimizer construction framework
Developing an optimizing compiler backend remains a laborious process, especially for nontraditional ISAs that have been appearing recently. Superoptimization sidesteps the need for many code transformations by searching for the most optimal instruction sequence semantically equivalent to the original code fragment. Even though superoptimization discovers the best machine-specific code optimizations, it has yet to become widely-used. We propose GREENTHUMB, an extensible framework that reduces the cost of constructing superoptimizers and provides a fast search algorithm that can be reused for any ISA, exploiting the unique strengths of enumerative, stochastic, and symbolic (SAT-solver-based) search algorithms. To extend GREENTHUMB to a new ISA, it is only necessary to implement an emulator for the ISA and provide some ISA-specific search utility functions.
Phitchaya Mangpo Phothilimthana, Aditya Thakur, Ra
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Type Journal
Year 2016
Where CC
Authors Phitchaya Mangpo Phothilimthana, Aditya Thakur, Rastislav Bodík, Dinakar Dhurjati
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