On Monday, January 13, 2020, Jacob Lifshay <programmerj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 3:56 AM Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton > <l...@lkcl.net> wrote: > > > > > jacob perhaps you could clarify, here? > > So the major issue with the approach AMDGPU took where the SIMT to > predicated vector translation is done by the LLVM backend is that LLVM > doesn't really maintain a reducible CFG, which is needed to correctly > vectorize the code without devolving to a switch-in-a-loop. > Hopefully, that all made sense. :) yes :) as you're actively designing this you have a way better handle on it. also, therefore, to be clear, to anyone interested in receiving funding to do this work, you can see that there will be someone else to work with who knows what they're doing, technically. thank you jacob. jason i'd be interested to hear your thoughts on what jacob wrote, does it alleviate your concerns, (we're not designing hardware specifically around vec2/3/4, it simply has that capability). l. -- --- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
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