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Introduction

In this module, students will be introduced to the fundamental concepts and terminology of compilers. Specifically, the focus will be on the basics of back-end compilers. This module serves as a starting point for students to familiarize themselves with compiler principles, laying the foundation for deeper exploration into back-end compiler techniques and methodologies.

Objectives

• Describe the basic compiler terminology.
• Be able to perform simple data flow analysis

Readings

Required

Optional

Notes / Things that stand out

Lesson 1 - GPU Compiler Flow

Compiler Flow

Typical Compilation Process

• Front End: Converts source code into IR (Intermediate Representation).
• Optimizer: Performs several optimizations using the IR.
• Back End: Performs machine specific target optimizations; emits target program.

GPU Compilation Flow

• Quite similar.