CS640 - Advanced Compilers - Fall 2008

This course examines:

• Code analysis for optimization
• Optimization algorithms
• Code generation algorithms for sequential and parallel machines,
• Algorithms for instruction scheduling and register allocation,
• Other selected topics from the current literature.

Prerequisites: CS540 and CS583.

• Syllabus
• The material is available in either of the following textbooks:
  Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools, A. Aho, M. Lam, R. Sethi and J. Ullman, 2007 (also known as the "dragon" book). NOTE: The earlier edition is not an adequate reference for this material.
  Engineering a Compiler, Cooper, Torczon.
  There will also be technical papers to read
• Schedule and Slides
• Homeworks
• Programming Assignments
• Web sites of interest
• My 540 site has some links.
• Homeworks from Fall 2003
• University access to ACM/IEEE journals
• Stanford SUIF compiler group
• Other texts of interest:
• Building an Optimizing Compiler Morgan, Robert. Digital Press, 1998
• High Performance Compilers for Parallel Computing. M. Wolfe, Addison-Wesley, 1996.
• Advanced Compiler Design and Implementation, S. Muchnick, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 1997.
• Optimizing Compilers for Modern Architectures, R. Allen and K. Kennedy, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2003.
• Modern Compiler Implementation in C, A. Appel, Cambridge University Press, 1998.