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Intel Preps GCC Compiler For New AMX & ISA Features Ahead Of Diamond Rapids
Intel's compiler engineers today posted a number of feature patches for the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) for enabling new ISA features to be found with next-generation Xeon 'Diamond Rapids' processors
The patches posted today by Intel's Haochen Jiang for the GCC compiler are SM4 EVEX instructions, AMX-AVX512, AMX-TF32, AMX-TRANSPOSE, AMX-FP8, MOVRS, and AMX-MOVRS. This set of 7 patches posted this morning plumb in the new ISA features for the additional AMX instructions, SM4 EVEX extension, and MOVRS/PREFETCHRST2. Over in kernel space the Intel software engineers have also been busy adding in a variety of other new features and IDs needed for Xeon Diamond Rapids.
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