Google's C/C++ toolchain for smart handheld devices

Abstract

Smart handheld devices are ubiquitous today and software plays an important role on them. Therefore a compiler and related tools can improve devices by generating efficient, compact and secure code. In this paper, we share our experience of applying various compilation techniques at Google to improve software running on smart handheld devices, using our mobile platforms as examples. At Google we use the GNU toolchain for generating code on different platforms and for conducting compiler research and development. We have developed new techniques, added features and functionality in the GNU tools. Some of these results are now used for smart handheld devices.