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Clang 20 Compiler Adds Support For Xtensa CPU Target
Back in early 2023 an Xtensa back-end was added to LLVM for the Cadence Tensilica Xtensa IP
Two years after the LLVM back-end was introduced, the Clang C/C++ compiler has added Xtensa target support. While Xtensa isn't too popular, there remains a devoted group of developers working on the LLVM/Clang support for this architecture. See this merge request for the discussions over the new target and the arguments still being made in favor of having the Xtensa support in mainline.
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