Getting Started with LLVM
Core Libraries
Get to grips with LLVM essentials and use the core
libraries to build advanced tools
Bruno Cardoso Lopes
Rafael Auler
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
Getting Started with LLVM Core Libraries
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Rafael Auler
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About the Authors
Bruno Cardoso Lopes received a PhD in Computer Science from University
of Campinas, Brazil. He's been an LLVM contributor since 2007 and implemented
the MIPS backend from scratch, which he has been maintaining for several years.
Among his other contributions, he has written the x86 AVX support and improved
the ARM assembler. His research interests include code compression techniques
and reduced bit width ISAs. In the past, he has also developed drivers for Linux
and FreeBSD operating systems.
Rafael Auler is a PhD candidate at University of Campinas, Brazil. He holds a
Master's degree in Computer Science and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering
from the same university. For his Master's work, he wrote a proof-of-concept tool
that automatically generates LLVM backends based on architecture description les.
Currently, his PhD research topics include dynamic binary translation, Just-in-Time
compilers, and computer architecture. Rafael was also a recipient of the Microsoft
Research 2013 Graduate Research Fellowship Award.
