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Using AI With GCC to Speed Up Mobile Design

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the leave-it-to-the-machines dept.

Atlasite writes "The WSJ is reporting on a EU project called Milepost aimed at integrating AI inside GCC. The team partners, which include include IBM, the University of Edinburgh and the French research institute, INRIA, announced their preliminary results at the recent GCC Summit, being able to increase the performance of GCC by 10% in just one month's work. GCC Summit paper is provided [PDF]."

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  1. We should have recruted Al earlier. by jellomizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    This Al guy seem to be a really good developer. We should have noticed his skilled and got him into optimizing GCC a long time ago. ... I like arial font.

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    1. Re:We should have recruted Al earlier. by oskard · · Score: 5, Funny

      Did his joke just go way over your head or did your joke just go way over my head?

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  2. Re:MachIne Learning for Embedded PrOgramS opTimiza by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, I think MachIne Learning for Quick Target Optimization And Speed Technology would have been a much better forward acronym.

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  3. Aw man... by Thelasko · · Score: 5, Funny

    I spent all week compiling Gentoo just to find out I could do it 10% faster.

    end sarcasm

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  4. GCC/AI by I+cant+believe+its+n · · Score: 5, Funny

    GCC goes online on the 2:nd of july, 2008. Human decisions are removed from compilation. GCC begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware 2:14 AM, Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug. GCC Strikes back

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  5. Re:Perhaps the way to other things besides compile by iplayfast · · Score: 4, Funny

    Isn't this Gentoo as well?