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> For instance, suppose binaries were typically distributed in a platform-agnostic format, like LLVM intermediate representation or something equivalent. The M
by dataangel 6y ago
> For instance, suppose binaries were typically distributed in a platform-agnostic format, like LLVM intermediate representation or something equivalent.
The Mill does something like this, but only for their own chips. "Binaries" are bitcode that's not specialized to any particular Mill CPU, and get run through the "specializer" which knows the real belt width and other properties to make a final CPU-specific version.
- brucehoult 6y ago"does" is not exactly the right word here. "Proposes to do"?