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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2011
Benedict R. Gaster, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Lee W. Howes, Austin, TX (US);
Mark D. Hummel, Franklin, MA (US);
Benedict R. Gaster, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Lee W. Howes, Austin, TX (US);
Mark D. Hummel, Franklin, MA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A medium, method, and apparatus are disclosed for eliding superfluous function invocations in a vector-processing environment. A compiler receives program code comprising a width-contingent invocation of a function. The compiler creates a width-specific executable version of the program code by determining a vector width of a target computer system and omitting the function from the width-specific executable if the vector width meets one or more criteria. For example, the compiler may omit the function call if the vector width is greater than a minimum size.