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Chris Lattner: Compilers, LLVM, Swift, TPU, and ML Accelerators | Lex Fridman Podcast #21

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creation of the Swift programming language, demonstrating his impactful role in software development.', 'Chris Lautner briefly served as Vice President of Autopilot Software at Tesla during the transition from Autopilot Hardware 1 to Hardware 2, spearheading the in-house software infrastructure development for Autopilot.']}, {'end': 565.508, 'segs': [{'end': 342.362, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 315.792, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 320.255, 'text': 'Compilers are the art of allowing humans to think at a level of abstraction that they want to think about.', 'start': 315.792, 'duration': 4.463}, {'end': 325.697, 'text': 'and then get that program, get the thing that they wrote, to run on a specific piece of hardware.', 'start': 320.915, 'duration': 4.782}, {'end': 335.9, 'text': "And the interesting and exciting part of all this is that there's now lots of different kinds of hardware chips like x86 and PowerPC and ARM and things like that,", 'start': 326.137, 'duration': 9.763}, {'end': 341.082, 'text': 'but also high-performance accelerators for machine learning and other things like that, or also just different kinds of hardware GPUs.', 'start': 335.9, 'duration': 5.182}, {'end': 342.362, 'text': 'These are new kinds of hardware.', 'start': 341.482, 'duration': 0.88}], 'summary': 'Compilers enable abstract thinking and program execution on various hardware, including x86, powerpc, arm, and gpus.', 'duration': 26.57, 'max_score': 315.792, 'thumbnail': ''}, {'end': 482.57, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 389.759, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 395.764, 'text': 'So when you look at this problem, you have, on the one hand, humans, which are complicated, and you have hardware, which is complicated.', 'start': 389.759, 'duration': 6.005}, {'end': 399.467, 'text': 'And so compilers typically work in multiple phases.', 'start': 395.784, 'duration': 3.683}, {'end': 407.133, 'text': 'And so the software engineering challenge that you have here is try to get maximum reuse out of the amount of code that you write,', 'start': 399.927, 'duration': 7.206}, {'end': 409.155, 'text': 'because these compilers are very complicated.', 'start': 407.133, 'duration': 2.022}, {'end': 416.183, 'text': 'And so the way it typically works out is that you have something called a front end or a parser that is language specific.', 'start': 409.855, 'duration': 6.328}, {'end': 424.272, 'text': "And so you'll have a C parser, and that's what Clang is, or C++ or JavaScript or Python or whatever, that's the front end.", 'start': 416.683, 'duration': 7.589}, {'end': 428.798, 'text': "Then you'll have a middle part, which is often the optimizer.", 'start': 424.973, 'duration': 3.825}, {'end': 432.503, 'text': "And then you'll have a late part, which is hardware specific.", 'start': 428.999, 'duration': 3.504}, {'end': 440.213, 'text': "And so compilers end up, there's many different layers often, but these three big groups are very common in compilers.", 'start': 433.384, 'duration': 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The LLVM community successfully fosters collaboration among competing commercial entities, such as Google, Apple, AMD, Intel, Nvidia, and Cray, to build shared infrastructure, driven by their commercial interests in excellent infrastructure and the realization that implementing it individually is expensive and challenging.', "Compilers typically work in multiple phases, including a language-specific front end, an optimizer, and a hardware-specific late part, aiming to capture the programmer's intent and maximize code reuse in the face of the complexity of humans and hardware. Compilers operate in multiple phases, including a front end for different languages, an optimizer, and a hardware-specific late part, with the goal of capturing the programmer's intent and maximizing code reuse to address the complexity of humans and hardware."]}], 'duration': 507.407, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte858101.jpg', 'highlights': ['LLVM and CLang as powerful compiler optimization systems', 'LLVM serves as a common optimization and code generation infrastructure for various programming languages', 'Compilers typically work in multiple phases, including a language-specific front end, an optimizer, and a hardware-specific late part', 'The purpose of compilers and their role in abstraction levels', 'LLVM community involves collaboration among hundreds of individuals from competing commercial entities']}, {'end': 1084.138, 'segs': [{'end': 609.396, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 566.038, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 574.387, 'text': "How big is the LLVM? It always seems like with open source projects, the kind, and LLVM is open source? Yes, it's open source.", 'start': 566.038, 'duration': 8.349}, {'end': 577.83, 'text': "It's about, it's 19 years old now, so it's fairly old.", 'start': 574.447, 'duration': 3.383}, {'end': 582.835, 'text': 'It seems like the magic often happens within a very small circle of people.', 'start': 578.751, 'duration': 4.084}, {'end': 586.059, 'text': 'Yes At least at early birth and whatever.', 'start': 583.076, 'duration': 2.983}, {'end': 593.985, 'text': 'Yes, So LLVM came from a university project, and so I was at the University of Illinois and there it was myself, my advisor,', 'start': 586.119, 'duration': 7.866}, {'end': 601.13, 'text': 'and then a team of two or three research students in the research group, and we built many of the core pieces initially.', 'start': 593.985, 'duration': 7.145}, {'end': 609.396, 'text': 'I then graduated and went to Apple and at Apple brought it to the products, first in the OpenGL graphics stack,', 'start': 601.15, 'duration': 8.246}], 'summary': 'Llvm is 19 years old, initially developed by a small team at the university of illinois and brought to apple products.', 'duration': 43.358, 'max_score': 566.038, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte8566038.jpg'}, {'end': 662.424, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 627.118, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 630.022, 'text': 'for example at Google, came in and started contributing.', 'start': 627.118, 'duration': 2.904}, {'end': 637.285, 'text': 'And in some cases, Google effectively owns Clang now because it cares so much about C++ and the evolution of that ecosystem.', 'start': 630.522, 'duration': 6.763}, {'end': 642.828, 'text': "And so it's investing a lot in the C++ world and the tooling and things like that.", 'start': 637.345, 'duration': 5.483}, {'end': 647.55, 'text': 'And so likewise, NVIDIA cares a lot about CUDA.', 'start': 643.028, 'duration': 4.522}, {'end': 653.693, 'text': 'And so CUDA uses Clang and uses LLVM for graphics and GPGPU.', 'start': 647.95, 'duration': 5.743}, {'end': 662.424, 'text': "And so when you first started as a master's project, I guess, did you think it was going to go as far as it went?", 'start': 655.054, 'duration': 7.37}], 'summary': 'Google owns clang, investing in c++ world. nvidia cares about cuda, using clang and llvm for graphics and gpgpu.', 'duration': 35.306, 'max_score': 627.118, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte8627118.jpg'}, {'end': 699.995, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 671.354, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 678.16, 'text': "So, I mean, my goal when I went to the University of Illinois was to get in and out with a non-thesis master's in a year and get back to work.", 'start': 671.354, 'duration': 6.806}, {'end': 684.424, 'text': 'So I was not planning to stay for five years and build this massive infrastructure.', 'start': 678.74, 'duration': 5.684}, {'end': 686.906, 'text': 'I got nerd sniped into staying.', 'start': 684.484, 'duration': 2.422}, {'end': 693.331, 'text': 'And a lot of it was because LLVM was fun and I was building cool stuff and learning really interesting things.', 'start': 687.447, 'duration': 5.884}, {'end': 699.995, 'text': 'And facing both software engineering challenges, but also learning how to work in a team and things like that.', 'start': 693.511, 'duration': 6.484}], 'summary': "Planned for a quick master's but stayed for 5 years due to llvm work and learning experiences.", 'duration': 28.641, 'max_score': 671.354, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte8671354.jpg'}, {'end': 933.017, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 902.715, 'weight': 7, 'content': [{'end': 913.244, 'text': 'And in the case of LLVM, when I started working on that, my research advisor that I was working for was a compiler guy.', 'start': 902.715, 'duration': 10.529}, {'end': 918.008, 'text': 'And so he and I specifically found each other because we were both interested in compilers and so I started working with him.', 'start': 913.524, 'duration': 4.484}, {'end': 920.389, 'text': 'and taking his class and a lot of LLVM.', 'start': 918.608, 'duration': 1.781}, {'end': 921.93, 'text': "initially, was it's fun,", 'start': 920.389, 'duration': 1.541}, {'end': 933.017, 'text': 'implementing all the standard algorithms and all the things that people had been talking about and were well known and they were in the curricula for advanced studies and compilers and so just being able to build.', 'start': 921.93, 'duration': 11.087}], 'summary': 'Started working on llvm with research advisor, focusing on compilers and implementing standard algorithms.', 'duration': 30.302, 'max_score': 902.715, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte8902715.jpg'}, {'end': 971.717, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 942.864, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 948.289, 'text': 'Can you even just with language try to describe?', 'start': 942.864, 'duration': 5.425}, {'end': 952.173, 'text': 'you know how you turn a C++ program into code?', 'start': 948.289, 'duration': 3.884}, {'end': 953.454, 'text': 'Like, what are the hard parts?', 'start': 952.293, 'duration': 1.161}, {'end': 954.555, 'text': 'Why is it so hard??', 'start': 953.554, 'duration': 1.001}, {'end': 956.857, 'text': "So I'll give you examples of the hard parts along the way.", 'start': 954.715, 'duration': 2.142}, {'end': 961.081, 'text': 'So C++ is a very complicated programming language.', 'start': 956.977, 'duration': 4.104}, {'end': 962.923, 'text': "It's something like 1400 pages in the spec.", 'start': 961.141, 'duration': 1.782}, {'end': 966.128, 'text': 'So C++ by itself is crazy complicated.', 'start': 963.564, 'duration': 2.564}, {'end': 967.149, 'text': 'Can we just, sorry, pause.', 'start': 966.148, 'duration': 1.001}, {'end': 971.717, 'text': "What makes the language complicated in terms of what's syntactically like.", 'start': 967.23, 'duration': 4.487}], 'summary': 'Understanding the complexity of turning c++ program into code - c++ is a 1400-page spec, making it a very complicated language.', 'duration': 28.853, 'max_score': 942.864, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte8942864.jpg'}, {'end': 1096.924, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1068.465, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 1075.471, 'text': 'also leveraging the extra information we kept, but enabling those new classes of tools that then get built into IDEs.', 'start': 1068.465, 'duration': 7.006}, {'end': 1084.138, 'text': "And so that's been one of the areas that Clang has really helped push the world forward in, is in the tooling for C and C++ and things like that.", 'start': 1075.971, 'duration': 8.167}, {'end': 1096.924, 'text': 'But C++ and the front end piece is complicated and you have to build syntax trees and you have to check every rule in the spec and you have to turn that back into an error message to the human that the human can understand when they do something wrong.', 'start': 1085.058, 'duration': 11.866}], 'summary': 'Clang has improved c/c++ tooling, enabling new classes of tools for ides.', 'duration': 28.459, 'max_score': 1068.465, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte81068465.jpg'}], 'start': 566.038, 'title': "Llvm's evolution and challenges", 'summary': 'Discusses the 19-year evolution of llvm, from its inception at the university of illinois to its adoption by apple, including the development of clang and swift. it also delves into the challenges and advancements in compiler development, highlighting the complexities of parsing, analyzing languages, optimizing code, and improvements in user interface and tooling for c and c++.', 'chapters': [{'end': 653.693, 'start': 566.038, 'title': 'Evolution of llvm and its impact', 'summary': 'Discusses the 19-year-old open-source project llvm, its initial development at the university of illinois, adoption by apple and subsequent expansion to include clang and swift, as well as contributions from companies like google and nvidia for c++ and cuda support.', 'duration': 87.655, 'highlights': ['LLVM originated from a university project at the University of Illinois, then was adopted by Apple and eventually expanded to include Clang and Swift, along with a team of compiler engineers. (Relevance: 5)', 'Google effectively owns Clang due to its significant contributions, focusing on the evolution of the C++ ecosystem. (Relevance: 4)', 'NVIDIA heavily invests in the C++ world and tooling, utilizing LLVM for CUDA and GPGPU support. (Relevance: 3)', 'The LLVM project is 19 years old, indicating its longstanding presence in the open-source community. (Relevance: 2)']}, {'end': 1084.138, 'start': 655.054, 'title': 'Building llvm and the challenges of compilers', 'summary': "Explores the unexpected journey of building llvm, starting as a non-thesis master's project and evolving into a massive infrastructure over five years, driven by passion, mentorship, and the joy of building and exploring. the interviewee shares insights into the complexities of compiler development, including the challenges of parsing, analyzing languages, optimizing code, and overcoming the intricacies of the c++ programming language, while highlighting the advancements made with the clang project in improving user interface, compile time, and tooling for c and c++.", 'duration': 429.084, 'highlights': ["The journey from a non-thesis master's project to building a massive infrastructure over five years The interviewee initially intended to complete a non-thesis master's in a year but ended up staying for five years to develop LLVM, driven by a passion for building and learning.", "Influence of a passionate mentor and the joy of exploring and building compilers The interviewee's advisor, Steve Vegdahl, played a significant role in sparking an interest in compilers, leading to a decision to pursue graduate school and a deep appreciation for the process of building and exploring.", 'Challenges and complexities of compiler development and the intricacies of the C++ programming language The interviewee delves into the complexities of parsing, analyzing languages, and optimizing code, emphasizing the challenges posed by the extensive syntax, semantics, and historical evolution of the C++ programming language.', 'Advancements made with the Clang project in improving user interface, compile time, and tooling for C and C++ The interviewee highlights the achievements of the Clang project in enhancing user interface, compile time efficiency, and enabling new classes of tools and analysis for C and C++ development, contributing to advancements in IDE tooling.']}], 'duration': 518.1, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte8566038.jpg', 'highlights': ['LLVM originated from a university project at the University of Illinois, then was adopted by Apple and eventually expanded to include Clang and Swift, along with a team of compiler engineers. (Relevance: 5)', 'Google effectively owns Clang due to its significant contributions, focusing on the evolution of the C++ ecosystem. (Relevance: 4)', 'NVIDIA heavily invests in the C++ world and tooling, utilizing LLVM for CUDA and GPGPU support. (Relevance: 3)', 'The LLVM project is 19 years old, indicating its longstanding presence in the open-source community. (Relevance: 2)', 'Challenges and complexities of compiler development and the intricacies of the C++ programming language. (Relevance: 1)', 'Advancements made with the Clang project in improving user interface, compile time, and tooling for C and C++. (Relevance: 1)', "The journey from a non-thesis master's project to building a massive infrastructure over five years. (Relevance: 1)", 'Influence of a passionate mentor and the joy of exploring and building compilers. (Relevance: 1)']}, {'end': 1591.815, 'segs': [{'end': 1151.896, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1104.968, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1107.909, 'text': "And when you do that, there's many different phases you go through.", 'start': 1104.968, 'duration': 2.941}, {'end': 1118.532, 'text': 'Often there are, I think LLVM has something like 150 different what are called passes in the compiler that the code passes through.', 'start': 1109.665, 'duration': 8.867}, {'end': 1125.877, 'text': 'And these get organized in very complicated ways, which affect the generated code and the performance and compile time and many other things.', 'start': 1118.912, 'duration': 6.965}, {'end': 1127.278, 'text': 'What are they passing through?', 'start': 1125.998, 'duration': 1.28}, {'end': 1133.904, 'text': "So, after you do the Clang parsing, what's the graph??", 'start': 1127.339, 'duration': 6.565}, {'end': 1134.744, 'text': 'What does it look like??', 'start': 1134.004, 'duration': 0.74}, {'end': 1135.705, 'text': "What's the data structure here??", 'start': 1134.764, 'duration': 0.941}, {'end': 1140.789, 'text': "Yeah, so in the parser it's usually a tree and it's called an abstract syntax tree.", 'start': 1135.965, 'duration': 4.824}, {'end': 1147.733, 'text': 'And so the idea is, you have a node for the plus that the human wrote in their code or the function call.', 'start': 1141.089, 'duration': 6.644}, {'end': 1151.896, 'text': "you'll have a node for call with the function that they call and the arguments they pass.", 'start': 1147.733, 'duration': 4.163}], 'summary': 'Llvm compiler has around 150 passes affecting code generation, performance, and compile time.', 'duration': 46.928, 'max_score': 1104.968, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte81104968.jpg'}, {'end': 1318.434, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1293.996, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 1300.663, 'text': 'So the compiler does very similar things, but one of the 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'text': 'So this is something that is, I would say, research right now.', 'start': 1561.101, 'duration': 3.001}, {'end': 1568.885, 'text': 'There are a lot of research systems that have been applying search in various forms.', 'start': 1564.843, 'duration': 4.042}, {'end': 1573.767, 'text': 'And using reinforcement learning is one form, but also brute force search has been tried for quite a while.', 'start': 1569.225, 'duration': 4.542}, {'end': 1577.909, 'text': 'And usually these are in small problem spaces.', 'start': 1574.627, 'duration': 3.282}], 'summary': 'Research explores machine learning for compiler optimization, mainly in small problem spaces.', 'duration': 29.015, 'max_score': 1548.894, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte81548894.jpg'}], 'start': 1085.058, 'title': 'Compiler optimization and techniques', 'summary': "Examines front-end processing complexity in c++ compilers, focusing on abstract syntax 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involving numerous phases and 150 passes in the LLVM compiler.', "The parser creates an abstract syntax tree representing code as nodes, which is then transformed into an intermediate representation, such as LLVM's control flow graph, consisting of straight-line operations organized into blocks with conditional branches, enabling language-independent representation and code sharing.", 'Compiler transformations are iteratively applied to a single representation, focusing on simplifications like constant folding and expression extraction, while also employing theorem proving and other algorithms to identify higher-level properties of the program for optimization purposes, resembling neural network graph transformations in concept but with different details and operations.']}, {'end': 1591.815, 'start': 1352.313, 'title': 'Compiler optimization techniques', 'summary': 'Discusses the importance of register allocation and scheduling in compiler optimization, highlighting the impact on 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Register allocation affects the performance of code, particularly in inner loops. It can make a code significantly faster if values are stored in registers during execution.', "Scheduling, particularly in RISC chips, is highlighted as a crucial compiler technique to optimize processor pipelines and prevent stalling, demonstrating the complexity added to the compiler's task. Scheduling is crucial in RISC chips to optimize processor pipelines and prevent stalling. It adds complexity to the compiler's task.", 'The potential for machine learning-based parameter tuning for compiler optimization is discussed, citing ongoing research in applying search, reinforcement learning, and brute force search in small problem spaces. Ongoing research explores the potential of machine learning-based parameter tuning for compiler optimization. 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industry-standard, memory-safe code that could run in web browsers, addressing software portability and transparency issues."]}, {'end': 2250.042, 'start': 1806.653, 'title': "Llvm's impact and evolution", 'summary': "Explores llvm's impact on various industries, including sony's use for graphics compilation in movie production, its versatility compared to gcc, and the evolution of its community governance and organic growth over its nearly 20 years of existence.", 'duration': 443.389, 'highlights': ["Sony's use of LLVM for graphics compilation in movie production Sony utilized LLVM for graphics compilation in their movie production pipeline, leading to improved special effects.", "Comparison of LLVM's versatility with GCC Discussing how LLVM's infrastructure allows it to be used in diverse ways compared to GCC, which is primarily a C compiler.", "Evolution of LLVM's community governance The hierarchical system of code owners and the organic growth of leadership within the LLVM community, leading to a robust and effective community."]}], 'duration': 657.307, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte81592735.jpg', 'highlights': ["Java's introduction of JIT compilation, garbage collection, and dynamic dispatch execution model significantly impacted software optimization.", 'The emergence of JavaScript and its impact on hardware, along with challenges in multi-core and vector instructions, reshaped the problem space for compilers.', "The Java virtual machine's use of bytecode as a portable code representation addressed software portability and transparency issues.", "Sony's use of LLVM for graphics compilation in movie production led to improved special effects.", "LLVM's versatility allows diverse usage compared to GCC, primarily a C compiler.", "Evolution of LLVM's community governance led to a robust and effective community."]}, {'end': 3053.479, 'segs': [{'end': 2352.35, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 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So there is one Python object type.', 'start': 3007.106, 'duration': 5.564}, {'end': 3019.057, 'text': 'And so when you say import NumPy, what you get is a Python object, which is the NumPy module.', 'start': 3012.75, 'duration': 6.307}, {'end': 3024.903, 'text': 'And then you say np.array, and it says, okay, hey, Python object, I have no idea what you are.', 'start': 3019.958, 'duration': 4.945}], 'summary': 'Swift and python have different types, but swift now supports a python object type, making it possible for them to communicate effectively.', 'duration': 31.82, 'max_score': 2993.083, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte82993083.jpg'}], 'start': 2251.192, 'title': "Leading apple's developer tools and evolution of compilers", 'summary': "Delves into leading apple's developer tools, discussing challenges, evolution of llvm, xcode, objective-c to swift, and addressing developer experience concerns during hardware transitions like the shift to arm with the iphone. it also explores the development of c++ and swift compilers at apple, highlighting challenges, team formation, design choices, motivation behind swift's creation, emphasis on memory safety, language progression, unique features of swift, and its interoperability with python.", 'chapters': [{'end': 2345.664, 'start': 2251.192, 'title': "Leading apple's developer tools", 'summary': 'Discusses the challenges of leading the developer tools department at apple, including the evolution of llvm, xcode, objective-c to swift, and addressing developer experience concerns during hardware transitions such as the shift to arm with the iphone.', 'duration': 94.472, 'highlights': ["LLVM's evolution and success at Apple during hardware transitions, such as the shift to ARM with the iPhone.", 'Challenges of leading a large group of developers and the motivation behind creating Swift from Objective-C and Xcode.', 'The importance of addressing developer experience concerns during hardware transitions and the need to parse source code efficiently with LLVM.']}, {'end': 3053.479, 'start': 2345.664, 'title': 'Evolution of compilers at apple', 'summary': "Discusses the development of c++ and swift compilers at apple, highlighting the challenges, team formation, and design choices, including the motivation behind swift's creation and the emphasis on memory safety and language progression. it also delves into the unique features of swift, including its dynamic compilation capabilities and progressive disclosure of complexity, alongside the seamless interoperability with python.", 'duration': 707.815, 'highlights': ['The formation of a team to develop the C++ compiler after initially working on it alone, highlighting the challenges and the gradual progress made. Formation of a team to work on the C++ compiler, overcoming initial skepticism, and the incremental development approach.', "The initiation and development of Swift, including the challenges of introducing a new language amidst the prevalent use and preference for Objective-C at Apple. The beginning of Swift's development, the challenges of proposing a new language in a company with a strong Objective-C culture, and the involvement of the senior VP in guiding the early work.", "The design choices in Swift, focusing on memory safety and the progressive disclosure of complexity, emphasizing the language's high-level feel and its potential for advanced and high-level programming. Emphasis on memory safety in Swift, the progressive disclosure of complexity in the language, and its suitability for both advanced and high-level programming.", "The dynamic compilation capabilities of Swift and its unique approach to layering the stack for efficient code execution, demonstrating its design for quick learning and powerful expression. Swift's dynamic compilation and its layered stack for code execution, designed for quick learning and powerful expression.", 'The seamless interoperability of Swift with Python, achieved through the incorporation of a Python object type and dynamic interaction with the Python interpreter. The seamless interoperability of Swift with Python, enabled by incorporating a Python object type and dynamic interaction with the Python interpreter.']}], 'duration': 802.287, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte82251192.jpg', 'highlights': ["LLVM's evolution and success at Apple during hardware transitions, such as the shift to ARM with the iPhone.", 'The importance of addressing developer experience concerns during hardware transitions and the need to parse source code efficiently with LLVM.', 'The formation of a team to develop the C++ compiler after initially working on it alone, highlighting the challenges and the gradual progress made.', "The design choices in Swift, focusing on memory safety and the progressive disclosure of complexity, emphasizing the language's high-level feel and its potential for advanced and high-level programming.", 'The seamless interoperability of Swift with Python, achieved through the incorporation of a Python object type and dynamic interaction with the Python interpreter.', 'The initiation and development of Swift, including the challenges of introducing a new language amidst the prevalent use and preference for Objective-C at Apple.']}, {'end': 3620.505, 'segs': [{'end': 3076.632, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3053.659, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 3061.301, 'text': "And if you dive into the code, what you'll see is that the Python module in Swift is something like 1,200 lines of code or something.", 'start': 3053.659, 'duration': 7.642}, {'end': 3062.281, 'text': "It's written in pure Swift.", 'start': 3061.321, 'duration': 0.96}, {'end': 3063.462, 'text': "It's super simple.", 'start': 3062.381, 'duration': 1.081}, {'end': 3068.303, 'text': "And it's built on top of the C interoperability because it just talks to the Python interpreter.", 'start': 3063.562, 'duration': 4.741}, {'end': 3076.632, 'text': 'But making that possible required us to add two major language features to Swift to be able to express these dynamic calls and the dynamic member lookups.', 'start': 3069.624, 'duration': 7.008}], 'summary': 'Python module in swift is around 1,200 lines of code, written in pure swift, built on top of c interoperability.', 'duration': 22.973, 'max_score': 3053.659, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte83053659.jpg'}, {'end': 3155.843, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3128.939, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 3141.611, 'text': "Yeah, so I'm tangentially involved in this, but the way that it works with Autograph is that you mark your function with a decorator,", 'start': 3128.939, 'duration': 12.672}, {'end': 3149.038, 'text': 'and when Python calls it, that decorator is invoked and then it says before I call this function, you can transform it.', 'start': 3141.611, 'duration': 7.427}, {'end': 3155.843, 'text': 'And so the way Autograph works is, as far as I understand is, it actually uses the Python parser to go parse that,', 'start': 3149.518, 'duration': 6.325}], 'summary': 'Autograph uses python parser to transform functions with a decorator.', 'duration': 26.904, 'max_score': 3128.939, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte83128939.jpg'}, {'end': 3200.953, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3177.748, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 3188.94, 'text': 'So where does the Swift for TensorFlow come in, which is parallels? For one, Swift is an interface, like Python is an interface to TensorFlow.', 'start': 3177.748, 'duration': 11.192}, {'end': 3193.105, 'text': "But it seems like there's a lot more going on than just a different language interface.", 'start': 3189.241, 'duration': 3.864}, {'end': 3194.847, 'text': "There's optimization methodology.", 'start': 3193.125, 'duration': 1.722}, {'end': 3200.953, 'text': "So the TensorFlow world has a couple of different, what I'd call front end technologies.", 'start': 3196.008, 'duration': 4.945}], 'summary': 'Swift for tensorflow is an interface with optimization methodology and parallels python in using tensorflow.', 'duration': 23.205, 'max_score': 3177.748, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte83177748.jpg'}, {'end': 3547.323, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3517.227, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 3523.508, 'text': "to get the maximum performance per watt or area, per cost or like whatever it is that you're optimizing for?", 'start': 3517.227, 'duration': 6.281}, {'end': 3529.472, 'text': 'And so one of the amazing things about TPUs is this numeric format called BFloat16..', 'start': 3524.128, 'duration': 5.344}, {'end': 3535.776, 'text': 'BFloat16 is a compressed 16-bit floating point format, but it puts the bits in different places.', 'start': 3530.072, 'duration': 5.704}, {'end': 3539.938, 'text': 'In numeric terms, it has a smaller mantissa and a larger exponent.', 'start': 3536.316, 'duration': 3.622}, {'end': 3547.323, 'text': "That means that it's less precise, but it can represent larger ranges of values, which, in the machine learning context,", 'start': 3540.478, 'duration': 6.845}], 'summary': 'Tpus offer bfloat16 format for optimized performance and cost.', 'duration': 30.096, 'max_score': 3517.227, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte83517227.jpg'}], 'start': 3053.659, 'title': 'Swift language features for python integration and swift for tensorflow and tpu co-design', 'summary': 'Discusses the addition of major language features to swift for python integration, creating a module in swift with approximately 1,200 lines of code, and its role as a front-end technology for tensorflow, emphasizing co-design with tpus and the optimization of performance and cost using bfloat16 format.', 'chapters': [{'end': 3155.843, 'start': 3053.659, 'title': 'Swift language features for python integration', 'summary': 'Discusses the addition of two major language features to swift to enable the integration with python, enabling the creation of a python module in swift consisting of approximately 1,200 lines of code and highlighting the process of adding new language features to swift for tensorflow work.', 'duration': 102.184, 'highlights': ['The addition of two major language features to Swift to enable the integration with Python is discussed, with approximately 1,200 lines of code written in pure Swift for the creation of a Python module.', 'The process of proposing, implementing, standardizing, and contributing new language features to the Swift language for the purpose of making the integration with Python trivial is explained.', 'The utilization of Autograph to transform functions through marking them with a decorator is mentioned as a part of the process for TensorFlow 2.0, involving the invocation of the decorator before calling the function and the use of the Python parser for transformation.']}, {'end': 3620.505, 'start': 3155.843, 'title': 'Swift for tensorflow and tpu co-design', 'summary': 'Discusses the role of swift for tensorflow as a front end technology for tensorflow, emphasizing its unique approach to solving machine learning problems and the co-design of hardware and software in tpus, particularly the use of bfloat16 format to optimize performance and cost.', 'duration': 464.662, 'highlights': ['Swift for TensorFlow is a unique front end technology for TensorFlow, offering a different approach to solving machine learning problems, including automatic graph building, type system for analysis, and language integrated automatic differentiation. Unique approach of Swift for TensorFlow, automatic graph building, type system for analysis, language integrated automatic differentiation', 'TPUs utilize BFloat16 format, a 16-bit floating point format with a smaller mantissa and a larger exponent, to optimize performance and cost, making it cheaper at the hardware level to implement and potentially increasing the ability for the network to generalize across datasets. Utilization of BFloat16 format in TPUs, optimization of performance and cost, potential increase in network generalization', 'Co-design of hardware and software in TPUs involves making bets on what hardware to build to solve machine learning problems and deciding the best way to spend transistors to achieve maximum performance per watt or area. Co-design of hardware and software in TPUs, decision-making process for hardware optimization']}], 'duration': 566.846, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte83053659.jpg', 'highlights': ['The addition of two major language features to Swift for Python integration with approximately 1,200 lines of code', 'Swift for TensorFlow as a unique front-end technology, offering automatic graph building and language-integrated automatic differentiation', 'Utilization of Autograph for transforming functions through marking them with a decorator for TensorFlow 2.0', 'Co-design of hardware and software in TPUs for optimizing performance and cost using BFloat16 format', 'TPUs utilize BFloat16 format to optimize performance and cost, potentially increasing the ability for the network to generalize across datasets']}, {'end': 4365.458, 'segs': [{'end': 3664.283, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3641.451, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 3649.715, 'text': 'Yeah, so MLIR is a project that we announced at a compiler conference three weeks ago, or something at the Compilers for Machine Learning conference.', 'start': 3641.451, 'duration': 8.264}, {'end': 3655.597, 'text': 'Basically, again, if you look at TensorFlow as a compiler stack, it has a number of compiler algorithms within it.', 'start': 3650.975, 'duration': 4.622}, {'end': 3660.34, 'text': "It also has a number of compilers that get embedded into it, and they're made by different vendors.", 'start': 3656.198, 'duration': 4.142}, {'end': 3664.283, 'text': 'For example, Google has XLA, which is a great compiler system.', 'start': 3660.54, 'duration': 3.743}], 'summary': 'Mlir is a new project announced at a compiler conference for tensorflow, which includes various compiler algorithms and embedded compilers from different vendors.', 'duration': 22.832, 'max_score': 3641.451, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte83641451.jpg'}, {'end': 3777.243, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3749.198, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 3752.401, 'text': 'So you still believe in the value of open source in these kinds of companies? Oh yeah, absolutely.', 'start': 3749.198, 'duration': 3.203}, {'end': 3757.265, 'text': 'And I think that the TensorFlow community at large fully believes in open source.', 'start': 3752.461, 'duration': 4.804}, {'end': 3763.468, 'text': 'So, I mean, there is a difference between Apple where you were previously and Google now in spirit and culture.', 'start': 3757.685, 'duration': 5.783}, {'end': 3768.351, 'text': 'And I would say the open sourcing of TensorFlow was a seminal moment in the history of software,', 'start': 3763.488, 'duration': 4.863}, {'end': 3773.354, 'text': "because here's this large company releasing a very large code base.", 'start': 3768.351, 'duration': 5.003}, {'end': 3774.555, 'text': "that's open sourcing.", 'start': 3773.354, 'duration': 1.201}, {'end': 3777.243, 'text': 'What are your thoughts on that?', 'start': 3775.942, 'duration': 1.301}], 'summary': 'Open sourcing tensorflow by google was a seminal moment in software history.', 'duration': 28.045, 'max_score': 3749.198, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte83749198.jpg'}, {'end': 3867.6, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3842.937, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 3848.783, 'text': 'so google strikes a very good balance, i think, and um, i think the tensorflow, being open source,', 'start': 3842.937, 'duration': 5.846}, {'end': 3855.889, 'text': "really changed the entire machine learning field and it caused a revolution in its own right, and so i think it's amazing,", 'start': 3848.783, 'duration': 7.106}, {'end': 3861.494, 'text': "for amazingly forward-looking, because I could have imagined and I wasn't at Google at the time,", 'start': 3855.889, 'duration': 5.605}, {'end': 3867.6, 'text': "but I could imagine a different context and a different world, where a company says machine learning is critical to what we're doing.", 'start': 3861.494, 'duration': 6.106}], 'summary': "Google's open-source tensorflow revolutionized machine learning, paving the way for a forward-looking approach.", 'duration': 24.663, 'max_score': 3842.937, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte83842937.jpg'}, {'end': 4041.928, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4012.608, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 4014.549, 'text': 'Hardware 2 built on that in a lot of ways.', 'start': 4012.608, 'duration': 1.941}, {'end': 4021.694, 'text': 'And the challenge there was that they were transitioning from a third-party provided vision stack to an in-house built vision stack.', 'start': 4014.669, 'duration': 7.025}, {'end': 4028.319, 'text': 'And so for the first step, which I mostly helped with, was getting onto that new vision stack.', 'start': 4021.754, 'duration': 6.565}, {'end': 4030.58, 'text': 'And that was very challenging.', 'start': 4028.719, 'duration': 1.861}, {'end': 4035.043, 'text': 'And it was time critical for various reasons, and it was a big leap,', 'start': 4031.04, 'duration': 4.003}, {'end': 4041.928, 'text': "but it was fortunate that it built on a lot of the knowledge and expertise and the team that had built Hardware 1's driver assistance features.", 'start': 4035.043, 'duration': 6.885}], 'summary': 'Transitioned to in-house vision stack for hardware 2, leveraging expertise from hardware 1.', 'duration': 29.32, 'max_score': 4012.608, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte84012608.jpg'}, {'end': 4088.584, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4053.491, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 4058.292, 'text': 'Elon Musk continues to do some of the most bold and innovative engineering work in the world,', 'start': 4053.491, 'duration': 4.801}, {'end': 4061.113, 'text': 'at times at the cost of some of the members of the Tesla team.', 'start': 4058.292, 'duration': 2.821}, {'end': 4065.574, 'text': 'What did you learn about working in this chaotic world with Elon??', 'start': 4061.353, 'duration': 4.221}, {'end': 4076.151, 'text': "Yeah, so I guess I would say that when I was at Tesla, I experienced and saw the highest degree of turnover I'd ever seen in a company,", 'start': 4066.741, 'duration': 9.41}, {'end': 4077.032, 'text': 'which was a bit of a shock.', 'start': 4076.151, 'duration': 0.881}, {'end': 4088.584, 'text': "But one of the things I learned and I came to respect is that Elon's able to attract amazing talent because he has a very clear vision of the future and he can get people to buy into it because they want that future to happen.", 'start': 4078.373, 'duration': 10.211}], 'summary': 'High turnover at tesla, but elon musk attracts talent with clear vision of the future.', 'duration': 35.093, 'max_score': 4053.491, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte84053491.jpg'}], 'start': 3620.705, 'title': "Mlir project and google's impact on machine learning", 'summary': "Discusses the mlir project, a common infrastructure in tensorflow, fostering collaboration and open source value, along with google's pivotal role in revolutionizing machine learning and the impact of working with elon musk and tesla, emphasizing vision and hard work in driving innovation.", 'chapters': [{'end': 3842.937, 'start': 3620.705, 'title': 'Mlir project and the future of open source', 'summary': 'Discusses the mlir project, a common infrastructure to support different compiler systems in tensorflow, aiming to foster collaboration and sharing of code in the industry, while highlighting the value of open source in the context of companies like google and apple.', 'duration': 222.232, 'highlights': ['The MLIR project aims to build a common infrastructure to support different compiler systems in TensorFlow, fostering collaboration and code sharing in the industry. MLIR is designed to allow different compiler systems to plug in together, share code, and be reusable, aiming to solve common problems in the industry and learn from the strengths and weaknesses of LLVM.', "The value of open source in the context of companies like Google and Apple is emphasized, with a preference for the Google approach in open sourcing large code bases like TensorFlow. The discussion highlights the significance of open sourcing large code bases like TensorFlow, emphasizing the preference for the open source approach adopted by Google over the historical context of Apple's approach.", 'The importance of adapting to the changing landscape and the evolving nature of business concerns is discussed, with a focus on the realistic approach towards making money and the shifting priorities in the industry. The importance of adapting to the changing landscape and the evolving nature of business concerns is emphasized, highlighting the shift in priorities from keeping certain aspects proprietary to focusing on product differentiation and other key features.']}, {'end': 4365.458, 'start': 3842.937, 'title': "Google's impact on machine learning", 'summary': "Discusses the pivotal role of google's open-source tensorflow in revolutionizing the machine learning field, the bold engineering decisions at tesla, and the impact of working with elon musk, emphasizing the significance of vision and hard work in driving innovation.", 'duration': 522.521, 'highlights': ["Google's open-source TensorFlow revolutionized the machine learning field, leading to a profound impact on the world and Google itself. The decision to open-source TensorFlow caused a revolution in the machine learning field, leading to a better world and significant positive effects for Google.", 'The transition from hardware one to hardware two at Tesla was a brave engineering decision and a challenging undertaking. The transition from hardware one to hardware two at Tesla was a bold and challenging engineering decision, involving a shift to in-house built vision stack and critical time constraints.', "Elon Musk's ability to attract talent based on a clear vision and the power of vision in driving innovation. Elon Musk's clear vision and ability to attract talent based on it has led to bold and innovative engineering work, despite high turnover at Tesla.", 'The significance of balancing short-term focused execution with long-term thinking and the impact of working hard to drive innovation. The challenge of balancing short-term delivery with long-term vision and the impact of working hard to drive innovation and change the world.', "The origin of LLVM's dragon logo and its cultural impact, particularly in engaging more women in compiler engineering. The origin of LLVM's dragon logo from a book on compiler design and its cultural impact, including engaging more women in compiler engineering through association with popular culture."]}], 'duration': 744.753, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/yCd3CzGSte8/pics/yCd3CzGSte83620705.jpg', 'highlights': ["Google's open-source TensorFlow revolutionized the machine learning field, leading to a profound impact on the world and Google itself.", 'The MLIR project aims to build a common infrastructure to support different compiler systems in TensorFlow, fostering collaboration and code sharing in the industry.', "Elon Musk's clear vision and ability to attract talent based on it has led to bold and innovative engineering work, despite high turnover at Tesla.", 'The transition from hardware one to hardware two at Tesla was a bold and challenging engineering decision, involving a shift to in-house built vision stack and critical time constraints.', 'The value of open source in the context of companies like Google and Apple is emphasized, with a preference for the Google approach in open sourcing large code bases like TensorFlow.']}], 'highlights': ["Google's open-source TensorFlow revolutionized the machine learning field, leading to a profound impact on the world and Google itself.", 'The interview with Chris Lattner, senior director at Google, explores his expertise in CPU, GPU, TPU accelerators for TensorFlow, Swift for TensorFlow, and compiler technologies.', 'Chris Lattner created the LLVM compiler infrastructure project and the Clang compiler, showcasing his significant contributions to the field of compiler technology.', 'LLVM and Clang as powerful compiler optimization systems.', 'LLVM serves as a common optimization and code generation infrastructure for various programming languages.', 'The MLIR project aims to build a common infrastructure to support different compiler systems in TensorFlow, fostering collaboration and code sharing in the industry.', 'The purpose of compilers and their role in abstraction levels.', 'The front end piece of C++ compilers involves intricate lowering processes, requiring numerous phases and 150 passes in the LLVM compiler.', 'The LLVM project is 19 years old, indicating its longstanding presence in the open-source community.', 'The emergence of JavaScript and its impact on hardware, along with challenges in multi-core and vector instructions, reshaped the problem space for compilers.']}