The Death of Optimizing Compilers
Have compilers become so smart that they automatically turn clean high-level code for these hot spots into optimized code, removing the need for humans to be optimization experts? The reality, unfortunately, is very much the opposite: general-purpose “optimizing” compilers are falling farther and farther behind the actual capabilities of modern processors.
This tutorial is an introduction to (1) what current and near-future processors are capable of; (2) how modern high-speed software libraries actually work; and (3) the increasing dominance of domain-specific tools to engineer high-speed software.
Hopefully the full talk will be available after ETAPS 2015.
