The following documentation is currently available to help you get started using Trimaran.

• Manuals:
  1. Trimaran 4.0 Manual [PDF]
  2. MDES Manual [PS, PDF]


• Reading List:
  1. HPL-PD - Architecture Specification, Version 1.1 [PDF]
  2. A Trimaran reading list arranged by topics [PS, PDF]
  3. A list of papers and technical reports that are helpful in understanding machine-dependent analysis and optimizations [PS, PDF]
  4. Machine-dependent analysis and optimizations: functionality and capabilities [PS, PDF]

• Old Manuals (possibly out-of-date):
  1. Introduction [PS, PDF]
  2. Installation Instructions [PS, PDF]
  3. IR Manual [PS, PDF]
  4. Simulator Manual [PS, PDF]


• Trimaran Tutorial (possibly out-of-date):
  1. The Trimaran Consortium [PS, PDF]
  2. Trimaran History and Motivation [PS, PDF]
  3. Overview of the Trimaran Compiler Infrastructure [PS, PDF]
  4. Installing and Customizing the Trimaran System [PS, PDF]
  5. An Overview of the Front-end, Machine Independent Analysis and Optimization Suite [PS, PDF]
  6. HPL-PD - A parameterized Research Architecture [PS, PDF]
  7. Configuring the Target Machine [PS, PDF]
  8. The Intermediate Representation [PS, PDF]
  9. Existing Optimization modules [PS, PDF]
  10. The Use and Design of the Trimaran Performance Monitoring Environment [PS, PDF]
  11. Case Study: A Region-Based Register Allocator [PS, PDF]