The C6 is vliw and in production (you can even buy pci prototype boards)..
On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, C. Scott Ananian wrote:
> I hate to bring this up again, just when this thread had died...
>
> I'm a CS grad student/compiler hacker, looking for a substantial thesis.
>
> It was mentioned before that the biggest hurdle for linux/merced would be
> compiler technology; all the hp/intel dialog suggests the same.
>
> Is there anyone already working on vliw extensions to gcc? Is there any
> hope I'd be able to get enough useful information about IA64 strategies to
> begin work on gcc/merced (or gcc/generic-vliw, to be extended toward
> gcc/merced when full technical specs are out)?
>
> Compiler questions, for those that know: How flexible is the gcc backend?
> Is the machine-description language used by gcc able to describe something
> like merced?
>
> Advice, guidance, enthusiasm and/or discouragement welcome.
> --Scott
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