The Superblock: An effective technique for VLIW and superscalar compilation (1993)
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| Venue: | THE JOURNAL OF SUPERCOMPUTING |
| Citations: | 249 - 26 self |
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@ARTICLE{Hwu93thesuperblock:,
author = {Wen-mei W. Hwu and Scott A. Mahlke and William Y. Chen and Pohua P. Chang and Nancy J. Warter and Roger A. Bringmann and Roland G. Ouellette and Richard E. Hank and Tokuzo Kiyohara and Grant E. Haab and John G. Holm and Daniel M. Lavery},
title = {The Superblock: An effective technique for VLIW and superscalar compilation},
journal = {THE JOURNAL OF SUPERCOMPUTING},
year = {1993},
volume = {7},
pages = {229--248}
}
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Abstract
A compiler for VLIW and superscalar processors must expose sufficient instruction-level parallelism (ILP) to eddectively utilize the parallel hardware. However, ILP within basic blocks is extremely limited for control-intensive programs. We have developed a set of techniques for exploiting ILP across basic block boundaries. These techniques are based on a novel structure called the superblock. The superblock enables the optimizer and scheduler to extract more ILP along the important execution paths by systematically removing constraints due to the unimportant paths. Superblock optimization and scheduling have been implemented in the IMPACT-I compiler. This implementation gives us a unique opportunity to fully understand the issues involved in incorporating these techniques into a real compiler. Superblock optimizations and scheduling are shown to be useful while taking into account a variety of architectural features.
