AMD Optimizing C/C++ Compiler

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I don't understand. What's wrong with gcc/llvm and why not contribute to those projects directly?

I thought -march=native was supposed to handle things like this?

If i understood it correctly, they are in fact contributing to llvm/clang and this is just a binary release with some EULA stuff.

Here's a Phoronix thread about it. Most posts are… well, garbage, but there are some from an user named "bridgman" who apparently works at AMD: https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoron...

Thanks! Definitely helped clarify some stuff. I guess I should be more careful about assuming things next time.

So this is just an AMD-branded version of Clang?

Reads like maybe it's an enhanced version of Clang, with custom optimisations? http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2017/04/AOCC-User-g...

It's a bit hard to make out.