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MLIR Foundations of Next Generation Compilers: Vol 1
Concepts, Dialects, and Progressive Lowering with the LLVM Multi Level IR.
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Thoughts, technical deep dives, and architectural explorations in systems programming, compilers, hardware architectures, and cloud DevOps.
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Inside LLVM: Engineering a target independent Compiler - (1)
Why LLVM Exists
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LLVM IR: Designing a Universal Contract Between Languages and Machines
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Inside LLVM: Engineering a target independent Compiler - (3)
Reusing Optimizations Across Architectures
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Building an LLVM-based Toy Compiler in Rust
A step-by-step architectural breakdown of building an AST, semantic analyzer, and LLVM IR code generator in Rust for a C-like toy language.
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Understanding RISC-V 5-Stage Pipeline Hazards and Forwarding
An analysis of structural, data, and control hazards in standard RISC-V 5-stage CPU pipelines and how operand forwarding mitigates stalls.