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   Hans-Peter Diettrich to Tim Frink   
   Re: Register Renaming   
   04 Nov 08 19:07:29   
   
   From: DrDiettrich1@aol.com   
      
   Tim Frink schrieb:   
      
   > I'm looking for some references on register renaming (i.e. how it can   
   > be implemented in a compiler). I couldn't find any useful references   
   > neither on the Internet nor in any papers/books. Do you have a hint for   
   > me?   
      
   AFAIK "register renaming" is used only inside a CPU. A compiler would   
   use e.g. SSA (single static assignment) or graph coloring for register   
   (re)allocation instead.   
      
   DoDi   
   [You're right, it's a hardware technique.  Perhaps he's thinking of software   
   pipelining or something like that. -John]   
      
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