On Mon, May 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM Nikhil Patil via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> wrote: > > Hi GCC Team, > > I'm fairly new to the world of compilers and trying to understand how they > work in more depth. Recently, I started exploring the idea of *parallelizing > the internal steps of compilation* — such as parsing, code generation, and > optimization — instead of the usual serial approach, and potentially > leveraging *GPU acceleration* (like CUDA) for this. > > I was wondering if this concept has been explored in GCC, or if there are > any existing resources, discussions, or directions I could look into? > > Apologies if this isn’t the right channel — I’m still getting familiar with > the community and couldn’t find another communication method. Please let me > know if there’s a better place to ask such questions.
There were two Google Summer of Code projects exploring parallel compilation using CPU threads. I don't think using a GPU is a good tool for any of the sub-problems a compiler solves. On the high-level GCC allows more efficient parallel compilation of multiple source file projects when using LTO. Richard. > Best regards, > *Nikhil Patil*
