📰 AMD Posts New GCC Compiler Patch For Extended Load Optimization

It's nice seeing a new GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) patch out of AMD today that is a general optimization for the x86_64 compiler code and not exclusively tied to their Zen processors. It's an Extended Load Optimization to benefit code where there is a narrower type and then an arithmetic type with a wider type...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-GCC-Extended-Load-Opt

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