Re: Register Renaming

Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@aol.com>
Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:07:29 +0100

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From: Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@aol.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:07:29 +0100
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 08-11-016
Keywords: registers, optimize
Posted-Date: 04 Nov 2008 16:54:45 EST

Tim Frink schrieb:


> I'm looking for some references on register renaming (i.e. how it can
> be implemented in a compiler). I couldn't find any useful references
> neither on the Internet nor in any papers/books. Do you have a hint for
> me?


AFAIK "register renaming" is used only inside a CPU. A compiler would
use e.g. SSA (single static assignment) or graph coloring for register
(re)allocation instead.


DoDi
[You're right, it's a hardware technique. Perhaps he's thinking of software
pipelining or something like that. -John]


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