diff --git a/llvm/test/VISC/DNN_Benchmarks/benchmarks/alexnet/Makefile.back b/llvm/test/VISC/DNN_Benchmarks/benchmarks/alexnet/Makefile.back
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..14f3491a09c9d45a0fd5b0fa5e8ca5b47b9cf360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/VISC/DNN_Benchmarks/benchmarks/alexnet/Makefile.back
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+DNN_BENCHMARK_ROOT = $(LLVM_SRC_ROOT)/test/VISC/DNN_Benchmarks
+# NOTE: can configure build directory
+HPVM_BUILD_DIR = $(LLVM_BUILD_ROOT)
+
+CC = $(HPVM_BUILD_DIR)/bin/clang++
+OPT = $(HPVM_BUILD_DIR)/bin/opt
+LLVM_DIS = $(HPVM_BUILD_DIR)/bin/llvm-dis
+LLVM_LINK = $(HPVM_BUILD_DIR)/bin/llvm-link
+LLVM_INCLUDE_DIR = $(LLVM_SRC_ROOT)/include
+
+SRC_DIR = src
+BUILD_DIR = build
+APP = alexnet
+
+TENSOR_INCLUDE_DIR = $(DNN_BENCHMARK_ROOT)/common/include
+TENSOR_RT_INCLUDE_DIR = $(LLVM_SRC_ROOT)/projects/hpvm-tensor-rt/tensor_runtime/include
+TENSOR_LIB_DIR = $(LLVM_SRC_ROOT)/projects/hpvm-tensor-rt/lib/libtensor_runtime.a
+PROFILER_LIB_DIR = $(LLVM_SRC_ROOT)/projects/gpu_profiler/lib/libgpu_profiler.a
+SOC_SIMULATOR_LIB_DIR = $(LLVM_SRC_ROOT)/projects/soc_simulator/lib/libpromise_profiler.a
+TENSOR_AUTOTUNER_DIR = $(LLVM_SRC_ROOT)/projects/hpvm-tensor-rt/lib/libtensor_autotuner.a
+
+
+CC_FLAGS = -I $(LLVM_INCLUDE_DIR) -I $(TENSOR_INCLUDE_DIR) -I $(TENSOR_RT_INCLUDE_DIR) -I $(CUDA_INCLUDE_PATH)  -fno-exceptions -ffast-math -std=c++11 -O3
+CCFLAGS += -DDEVICE=CUDNN_TARGET
+LINKER_FLAGS = -lpthread -lcudart -lcurand -lcudnn -lcublas -lOpenCL
+
+HPVM_LIB_DIR = $(HPVM_BUILD_DIR)/lib
+
+
+VISC_OPTFLAGS = -load  $(HPVM_LIB_DIR)/LLVMBuildDFG.so -load $(HPVM_LIB_DIR)/LLVMInPlaceDFGAnalysis.so -load  $(HPVM_LIB_DIR)/LLVMDFG2LLVM_CUDNN.so -load  $(HPVM_LIB_DIR)/LLVMDFG2LLVM_X86.so -load  $(HPVM_LIB_DIR)/LLVMClearDFG.so -inplace -dfg2llvm-cudnn -dfg2llvm-x86 -clearDFG
+
+
+PROMISE_QUANT_FILE_PATH=$(LLVM_SRC_ROOT)/test/VISC/DNN_Benchmarks/benchmarks/$(APP)/data/quant_ranges.txt
+
+VISC_OPTFLAGS2 = -load  $(HPVM_LIB_DIR)/LLVMBuildDFG.so -load $(HPVM_LIB_DIR)/LLVMInPlaceDFGAnalysis.so -load  $(HPVM_LIB_DIR)/LLVMDFG2LLVM_PROMISE.so  -load  $(HPVM_LIB_DIR)/LLVMDFG2LLVM_CUDNN.so    -load  $(HPVM_LIB_DIR)/LLVMDFG2LLVM_X86.so -load  $(HPVM_LIB_DIR)/LLVMFuseHPVMTensorNodes.so  -load  $(HPVM_LIB_DIR)/LLVMClearDFG.so   -inplace -hpvm-fuse -dfg2llvm-promise  -quantization-levels-filename=$(PROMISE_QUANT_FILE_PATH) -dfg2llvm-cudnn  -dfg2llvm-x86 -clearDFG
+
+WRAPPER_API_QUANT_FILE_PATH=$(LLVM_SRC_ROOT)/test/VISC/DNN_Benchmarks/benchmarks/$(APP)/data/quant_ranges_rt.txt
+CONF_FILE_PATH=$(LLVM_SRC_ROOT)/test/VISC/DNN_Benchmarks/benchmarks/$(APP)/data/tuner_confs.txt
+
+VISC_OPTFLAGS3 = -load  $(HPVM_LIB_DIR)/LLVMBuildDFG.so -load $(HPVM_LIB_DIR)/LLVMInPlaceDFGAnalysis.so -load  $(HPVM_LIB_DIR)/LLVMDFG2LLVM_WrapperAPI.so    -load  $(HPVM_LIB_DIR)/LLVMDFG2LLVM_X86.so -load  $(HPVM_LIB_DIR)/LLVMFuseHPVMTensorNodes.so  -load  $(HPVM_LIB_DIR)/LLVMClearDFG.so   -inplace -hpvm-fuse -dfg2llvm-wrapperapi -quantization-levels-filename=$(WRAPPER_API_QUANT_FILE_PATH) -configuration-inputs-filename=$(CONF_FILE_PATH) -dfg2llvm-x86 -clearDFG
+
+
+TARGET = $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP).opt.bc
+SOURCES = $(SRC_DIR)/$(APP).cpp
+VISC_RT_PATH = $(LLVM_SRC_ROOT)/../build/projects/visc-rt/visc-rt.ll
+
+#OBJS = $(BUILD_DIR)/$(wildcabrd *.ll)
+.PRECIOUS: $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP).ll $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP).visc.ll
+default: $(BUILD_DIR) $(TARGET)
+
+
+$(BUILD_DIR)/%.ll: $(SRC_DIR)/%.cpp
+	$(CC) $(CC_FLAGS) -emit-llvm src/$(APP).cpp -S -o  $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP).ll  
+	$(CC) $(CC_FLAGS) -emit-llvm src/$(APP)_promise.cpp -S -o $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise.ll
+	$(CC) $(CC_FLAGS) -emit-llvm src/$(APP)_loop.cpp -S -o  $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_loop.ll  
+
+
+$(BUILD_DIR)/%.opt.bc: $(BUILD_DIR)/%.ll
+	$(OPT) -load LLVMGenVISC.so -genvisc -globaldce  $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP).ll -S -o  $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP).visc.ll
+	$(OPT) -load LLVMGenVISC.so -genvisc -globaldce  $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise.ll -S -o  $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise.visc.ll
+	$(OPT) -load LLVMGenVISC.so -genvisc -globaldce  $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_loop.ll -S -o  $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_loop.visc.ll
+	$(OPT) $(VISC_OPTFLAGS)  $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP).visc.ll  -o  $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_cudnn.bc
+	$(OPT) $(VISC_OPTFLAGS2) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise.visc.ll  -o  $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise.bc
+	$(OPT) $(VISC_OPTFLAGS)  $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_loop.visc.ll  -o  $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_loop.bc
+	$(LLVM_LINK) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_cudnn.bc $(VISC_RT_PATH) -o $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_cudnn_linked.bc
+	$(LLVM_LINK) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise.bc $(VISC_RT_PATH) -o $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise_linked.bc
+	$(LLVM_LINK) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_loop.bc $(VISC_RT_PATH) -o $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_loop_linked.bc
+	$(CC) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_cudnn_linked.bc $(TENSOR_LIB_DIR) $(PROFILER_LIB_DIR) $(SOC_SIMULATOR_LIB_DIR) -o $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_cudnn_linked $(LINKER_FLAGS)
+	$(CC) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise_linked.bc $(TENSOR_LIB_DIR) $(PROFILER_LIB_DIR) $(SOC_SIMULATOR_LIB_DIR) -o $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise_linked $(LINKER_FLAGS)
+	$(CC) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_loop_linked.bc $(TENSOR_LIB_DIR) $(PROFILER_LIB_DIR) $(SOC_SIMULATOR_LIB_DIR) -o $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_loop_linked $(LINKER_FLAGS)
+	#$(CC) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_cudnn_linked.bc $(TENSOR_AUTOTUNER_DIR) -o $(BUILD_DIR)/lenet_tune $(LINKER_FLAGS)
+
+$(BUILD_DIR):
+	mkdir -p $@
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(BUILD_DIR)
diff --git a/llvm/test/VISC/DNN_Benchmarks/benchmarks/alexnet2/Makefile b/llvm/test/VISC/DNN_Benchmarks/benchmarks/alexnet2/Makefile
index 30c80f2a1a65ad122681b76e531ed5d99ec8a12b..914c9817d64cd0e55baababe78fd7ae6e33c34ab 100644
--- a/llvm/test/VISC/DNN_Benchmarks/benchmarks/alexnet2/Makefile
+++ b/llvm/test/VISC/DNN_Benchmarks/benchmarks/alexnet2/Makefile
@@ -60,18 +60,17 @@ $(BUILD_DIR)/%.opt.bc: $(BUILD_DIR)/%.ll
 	$(OPT) -load LLVMGenVISC.so -genvisc -globaldce  $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise.ll -S -o  $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise.visc.ll
 	$(OPT) -load LLVMGenVISC.so -genvisc -globaldce  $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_loop.ll -S -o  $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_loop.visc.ll
 	$(OPT) $(VISC_OPTFLAGS)  $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP).visc.ll  -o  $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_cudnn.bc
-	$(OPT) $(VISC_OPTFLAGS2) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise.visc.ll  -o  $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise.bc
+	#$(OPT) $(VISC_OPTFLAGS2) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise.visc.ll  -o  $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise.bc
 	$(OPT) $(VISC_OPTFLAGS3) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise.visc.ll  -o  $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_wrapperapi.bc
 	$(OPT) $(VISC_OPTFLAGS3) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_loop.visc.ll  -o  $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_loop_wrapperapi.bc
 	$(LLVM_LINK) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_cudnn.bc $(VISC_RT_PATH) -o $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_cudnn_linked.bc
-	$(LLVM_LINK) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise.bc $(VISC_RT_PATH) -o $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise_linked.bc
+	#$(LLVM_LINK) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise.bc $(VISC_RT_PATH) -o $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise_linked.bc
 	$(LLVM_LINK) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_wrapperapi.bc $(VISC_RT_PATH) -o $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_wrapperapi_linked.bc
 	$(LLVM_LINK) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_loop_wrapperapi.bc $(VISC_RT_PATH) -o $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_loop_wrapperapi_linked.bc
 	$(CC) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_cudnn_linked.bc $(TENSOR_LIB_DIR) $(PROFILER_LIB_DIR) $(SOC_SIMULATOR_LIB_DIR) -o $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_cudnn_linked $(LINKER_FLAGS)
-	$(CC) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise_linked.bc $(TENSOR_LIB_DIR) $(PROFILER_LIB_DIR) $(SOC_SIMULATOR_LIB_DIR) -o $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise_linked $(LINKER_FLAGS)
+	#$(CC) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise_linked.bc $(TENSOR_LIB_DIR) $(PROFILER_LIB_DIR) $(SOC_SIMULATOR_LIB_DIR) -o $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_promise_linked $(LINKER_FLAGS)
 	$(CC) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_wrapperapi_linked.bc $(TENSOR_LIB_DIR) $(PROFILER_LIB_DIR) $(SOC_SIMULATOR_LIB_DIR) -o $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_wrapperapi_linked $(LINKER_FLAGS)
 	$(CC) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_loop_wrapperapi_linked.bc $(TENSOR_LIB_DIR) $(PROFILER_LIB_DIR) $(SOC_SIMULATOR_LIB_DIR) -o $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_loop_wrapperapi_linked $(LINKER_FLAGS)
-	#$(CC) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP)_cudnn_linked.bc $(TENSOR_AUTOTUNER_DIR) -o $(BUILD_DIR)/lenet_tune $(LINKER_FLAGS)
 
 $(BUILD_DIR):
 	mkdir -p $@