[aarch64-port-dev ] Fireside-chat, Thursday 12th October

[Stuart Monteith]

Hi,
  Shall we have this meeting today?


On 12 October 2017 at 18:53, Stuart Monteith <stuart.monteith at linaro.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>   Unfortunately Andrew couldn't join us. We had Joel Jones, Derek
> White,  noname01 (?), Dmitrij Pochepko and Dmitry Chuyko.
>
> Summary of what was discussed:
>
> From http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/0
>    http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/8185640 Thread-local handshakes
>       Derek raised this as something that would require an Aarch64
> implementation. Initially sounded similar to Roman Kennke's work,
>        It's aimed at just one platform - x86.
>
>    http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/8189100 Improve performance of String
> and Array operations on AArch64
>    http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/8189104 Improve performance of
> trigonometric and power functions on AArch64
>
> Panama and Valhall - There was some concern over VectorTypes presented
> by Intel. What should we do about this?
> Testing - performance testing by Dmitry being done on Cavium and A53
> platforms, but needs confirmation on others.
>
> I've suggested we meet (again, sorry) at the same time on Monday, or,
> failing that, on Thursday.
>
>
> BR,
>    Stuart
>
> On 5 October 2017 at 16:22, Stuart Monteith <stuart.monteith at linaro.org> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>    We decided to move the fireside chat to the 12th. It will be held
>> at 1600 BST, which is 1500 UTC. Let me know if this is OK, or whether
>> I should reschedule.
>>
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>>
>> For the agenda:
>>    1. Co-ordination of who is doing what.
>>    2. Up and coming work.
>>
>> Please reply if you are able to join, and I'll take any suggestions
>> for the agenda.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>     Stuart