diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c476f7eb8..6eac81fe1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ set(TRITON_BINARY_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
 target_link_libraries(triton
   ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES}
   TritonIR
+  TritonAnalysis
   TritonTransforms
   TritonDriver
   TritonToTritonGPU
diff --git a/bin/CMakeLists.txt b/bin/CMakeLists.txt
index 0fb8f28fb..92635eca3 100644
--- a/bin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,10 +10,14 @@ add_llvm_executable(triton-opt triton-opt.cpp)
 # TODO: what's this?
 # llvm_update_compile_flags(triton-opt)
 target_link_libraries(triton-opt PRIVATE
+  TritonAnalysis
   TritonTransforms
   TritonGPUTransforms
   ${dialect_libs}
   ${conversion_libs}
+  # tests
+  TritonTestAnalysis
+  # MLIR core
   MLIROptLib
   MLIRPass
   MLIRTransforms
diff --git a/bin/triton-opt.cpp b/bin/triton-opt.cpp
index 9975ed63d..d5d73e5f6 100644
--- a/bin/triton-opt.cpp
+++ b/bin/triton-opt.cpp
@@ -10,11 +10,17 @@
 #include "mlir/InitAllPasses.h"
 #include "mlir/Support/MlirOptMain.h"
 
+namespace mlir{
+namespace test{
+void registerTestAlignmentPass();
+}
+}
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   mlir::registerAllPasses();
   mlir::registerTritonPasses();
   mlir::registerTritonGPUPasses();
+  mlir::test::registerTestAlignmentPass();
   mlir::triton::registerConvertTritonToTritonGPUPass();
 
   // TODO: register Triton & TritonGPU passes
diff --git a/include/triton/Analysis/AxisInfo.h b/include/triton/Analysis/AxisInfo.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0910f341f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/triton/Analysis/AxisInfo.h
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+#ifndef TRITON_ANALYSIS_AXISINFO_H
+#define TRITON_ANALYSIS_AXISINFO_H
+
+#include "mlir/Analysis/DataFlowAnalysis.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "triton/Dialect/Triton/IR/Dialect.h"
+#include "triton/Dialect/TritonGPU/IR/Dialect.h"
+
+namespace mlir {
+
+
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// AxisInfo
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+/// This lattice value represents known information on the axes of a lattice.
+/// Axis information is represented by a std::map<int, int>
+class AxisInfo {
+public:
+  typedef std::vector<int> ContiguityT;
+  typedef std::vector<int> DivisibilityT;
+  typedef std::vector<int> ConstancyT;
+
+public:
+  // Default constructor
+  AxisInfo(): AxisInfo({}, {}, {}) { }
+  // Construct contiguity info with known contiguity
+  AxisInfo(ContiguityT knownContiguity, DivisibilityT knownDivisibility,
+           ConstancyT knownConstancy)
+    : contiguity(knownContiguity), divisibility(knownDivisibility), 
+      constancy(knownConstancy), rank(contiguity.size()) { 
+      assert(knownDivisibility.size() == rank);
+      assert(knownConstancy.size() == rank);
+    }
+  
+  
+  // Accessors
+  int getContiguity(size_t d) const { return contiguity[d];   }
+  const ContiguityT& getContiguity() const { return contiguity; }
+
+  int getDivisibility(size_t d) const { return divisibility[d]; }
+  const DivisibilityT& getDivisibility() const { return divisibility; }
+
+  int getConstancy(size_t d) const { return constancy[d];    }
+  const ConstancyT& getConstancy() const { return constancy; }
+
+  int getRank() const { return rank; }
+
+  // Comparison
+  bool operator==(const AxisInfo &other) const {
+    return (contiguity == other.contiguity) &&
+           (divisibility == other.divisibility) &&
+           (constancy == other.constancy);
+  }
+
+  /// The pessimistic value state of the contiguity is unknown.
+  static AxisInfo getPessimisticValueState(MLIRContext *context) 
+  { return AxisInfo(); }
+  static AxisInfo getPessimisticValueState(Value value);
+
+  // The gcd of both arguments for each dimension
+  static AxisInfo join(const AxisInfo &lhs,
+                       const AxisInfo &rhs);
+
+private:
+  /// The _contiguity_ information maps the `d`-th
+  /// dimension to the length of the shortest
+  /// sequence of contiguous integers along it
+  /// For example:
+  /// [10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21]
+  /// [20, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31]
+  /// Would have contiguity [1, 4].
+  /// and
+  /// [12, 16, 20, 24]
+  /// [13, 17, 21, 25]
+  /// [14, 18, 22, 26]
+  /// [15, 19, 23, 27]
+  /// [18, 22, 26, 30]
+  /// [19, 23, 27, 31]
+  /// Would have contiguity [2, 1].
+  ContiguityT contiguity;
+  
+  /// The _divisibility_ information maps the `d`-th
+  /// dimension to the largest power-of-two that
+  /// divides the first element of all the values along it
+  /// For example:
+  /// [10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21]
+  /// [20, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31]
+  //  would have divisibility [1, 2]
+  //  and
+  /// [12, 16, 20, 24]
+  /// [13, 17, 21, 25]
+  /// [14, 18, 22, 26]
+  /// [15, 19, 23, 27]
+  //  would have divisibility [4, 1]
+  DivisibilityT divisibility;
+
+  /// The _constancy_ information maps the `d`-th
+  /// dimension to the length of the shortest
+  /// sequence of constant integer along it. This is
+  /// particularly useful to infer the contiguity
+  /// of operations (e.g., add) involving a constant
+  /// For example
+  /// [8, 8, 8, 8, 12, 12, 12, 12]
+  /// [16, 16, 16, 16, 20, 20, 20, 20]
+  /// would have constancy [1, 4]
+  ConstancyT constancy;
+  
+  // number of dimensions of the lattice
+  int rank;
+};
+
+
+class AxisInfoAnalysis
+    : public ForwardDataFlowAnalysis<AxisInfo> {
+
+private:
+  static const int maxPow2Divisor = 65536;
+ 
+  int highestPowOf2Divisor(int n){
+    if(n==0)
+      return maxPow2Divisor;
+    return (n & (~(n - 1)));
+  }
+
+  AxisInfo visitBinaryOp(Operation* op, AxisInfo lhsInfo, AxisInfo rhsInfo,
+                         const std::function<int(AxisInfo,AxisInfo,int)>& getContiguity,
+                         const std::function<int(AxisInfo,AxisInfo,int)>& getDivisibility,
+                         const std::function<int(AxisInfo,AxisInfo,int)>& getConstancy);
+
+public:
+  using ForwardDataFlowAnalysis<AxisInfo>::ForwardDataFlowAnalysis;
+
+  ChangeResult visitOperation(Operation *op,
+                      ArrayRef<LatticeElement<AxisInfo> *> operands) override;
+
+};
+
+
+}
+ 
+
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/triton/Dialect/Triton/IR/TritonDialect.td b/include/triton/Dialect/Triton/IR/TritonDialect.td
index 83e207fb4..3c5611448 100644
--- a/include/triton/Dialect/Triton/IR/TritonDialect.td
+++ b/include/triton/Dialect/Triton/IR/TritonDialect.td
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ def Triton_Dialect : Dialect {
   let extraClassDeclaration = [{
     void registerTypes();
   }];
+
+  let hasConstantMaterializer = 1;
 }
 
 #endif // TRITON_DIALECT
diff --git a/include/triton/Dialect/Triton/IR/TritonOps.td b/include/triton/Dialect/Triton/IR/TritonOps.td
index efc90f36d..d8e51ed06 100644
--- a/include/triton/Dialect/Triton/IR/TritonOps.td
+++ b/include/triton/Dialect/Triton/IR/TritonOps.td
@@ -143,8 +143,20 @@ def TT_ReshapeOp : TT_Op<"reshape", [NoSideEffect, SameOperandsAndResultElementT
     let assemblyFormat = "$src attr-dict `:` functional-type(operands, results)";
 }
 
+def TT_SplatOp : TT_Op<"splat", [NoSideEffect, SameOperandsAndResultElementType]> {
+    let summary = "splat";
+
+    let arguments = (ins TT_Type:$src);
+
+    let results = (outs TT_Tensor:$result);
+
+    let assemblyFormat = "$src attr-dict `:` functional-type(operands, results)";
+
+    let hasFolder = 1;
+}
+
 def TT_BroadcastOp : TT_Op<"broadcast", [NoSideEffect, SameOperandsAndResultElementType]> {
-    let summary = "broadcast";
+    let summary = "broadcast. No left-padding as of now.";
 
     let arguments = (ins TT_Type:$src);
 
diff --git a/include/triton/Dialect/TritonGPU/IR/TritonGPUOps.td b/include/triton/Dialect/TritonGPU/IR/TritonGPUOps.td
index bc2ea5ed3..08873acd4 100644
--- a/include/triton/Dialect/TritonGPU/IR/TritonGPUOps.td
+++ b/include/triton/Dialect/TritonGPU/IR/TritonGPUOps.td
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ def TTG_CopyAsyncOp : TTG_Op<"copy_async",
 }
 
 // Port Arith_CmpIOp & Arith_CmpFOp to TritonGPU.
+// This is needed because Arith's Cmp ops don't
+// handle encodings
+// https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/main/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Arithmetic/IR/ArithmeticOps.td#L111
 def TTG_CmpIOp : TTG_Op<"cmpi"> {
   let summary = "integer comparison operation";
 
diff --git a/lib/Analysis/AxisInfo.cpp b/lib/Analysis/AxisInfo.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6222e5261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Analysis/AxisInfo.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+#include "mlir/Analysis/DataFlowAnalysis.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "triton/Analysis/AxisInfo.h"
+#include "triton/Dialect/Triton/IR/Dialect.h"
+#include "triton/Dialect/TritonGPU/IR/Dialect.h"
+
+namespace mlir {
+
+
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// AxisInfo
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+ // Function for extended Euclidean Algorithm
+static int gcd_impl(int a, int b, int *x, int *y){
+  // Base Case
+  if (a == 0) {
+      *x = 0;
+      *y = 1;
+      return b;
+  }
+  int x1, y1; // To store results of recursive call
+  int gcd = gcd_impl(b%a, a, &x1, &y1);
+  // Update x and y using results of
+  // recursive call
+  *x = y1 - (b/a) * x1;
+  *y = x1;
+  return gcd;
+}
+
+static int gcd(int a, int b) {
+  int x, y;
+  return gcd_impl(a, b, &x, &y);
+}
+
+
+AxisInfo AxisInfo::getPessimisticValueState(Value value) {
+  size_t rank = 1;
+  if(TensorType ty = value.getType().dyn_cast<TensorType>())
+    rank = ty.getRank();
+  int divHint = 1;
+  if(BlockArgument blockArg = value.dyn_cast<BlockArgument>()){
+    Operation* op = blockArg.getOwner()->getParentOp();
+    if(FuncOp fun = dyn_cast<FuncOp>(op)){
+      Attribute attr = fun.getArgAttr(blockArg.getArgNumber(), "tt.divisibility");
+      if(attr)
+        divHint = attr.cast<IntegerAttr>().getValue().getZExtValue();
+    }
+  }
+  ContiguityT contiguity(rank, 1);
+  DivisibilityT divisibility(rank, divHint);
+  ConstancyT constancy(rank, 1);
+  return AxisInfo(contiguity, divisibility, constancy);
+}
+
+
+// The gcd of both arguments for each dimension
+AxisInfo AxisInfo::join(const AxisInfo &lhs,
+                        const AxisInfo &rhs) {
+  ContiguityT retContiguity;
+  DivisibilityT retDivisibility;
+  ConstancyT retConstancy;
+  for(size_t d = 0; d < lhs.getRank(); d++){
+    retContiguity.push_back(gcd(lhs.getContiguity(d), rhs.getContiguity(d)));
+    retDivisibility.push_back(gcd(lhs.getDivisibility(d), rhs.getDivisibility(d)));
+    retConstancy.push_back(gcd(lhs.getConstancy(d), rhs.getConstancy(d)));
+  }
+  return AxisInfo(retContiguity, retDivisibility, retConstancy);
+}
+
+
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// AxisInfoAnalysis
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+AxisInfo AxisInfoAnalysis::visitBinaryOp(Operation* op, AxisInfo lhsInfo, AxisInfo rhsInfo,
+                        const std::function<int(AxisInfo,AxisInfo,int)>& getContiguity,
+                        const std::function<int(AxisInfo,AxisInfo,int)>& getDivisibility,
+                        const std::function<int(AxisInfo,AxisInfo,int)>& getConstancy) {
+    int rank = lhsInfo.getRank();
+    AxisInfo::ContiguityT newContiguity;
+    AxisInfo::DivisibilityT newDivisibility;
+    AxisInfo::ConstancyT newConstancy;
+    for(size_t d = 0; d < rank; d++){
+      newContiguity.push_back(getContiguity(lhsInfo, rhsInfo, d));
+      newDivisibility.push_back(getDivisibility(lhsInfo, rhsInfo, d));
+      newConstancy.push_back(getConstancy(lhsInfo, rhsInfo, d));
+    }
+    return AxisInfo(newContiguity, newDivisibility, newConstancy);
+}
+
+ChangeResult AxisInfoAnalysis::visitOperation(Operation *op,
+                    ArrayRef<LatticeElement<AxisInfo> *> operands) {
+  AxisInfo curr;
+  // This preserves the input axes (e.g., cast):
+  if (llvm::isa<arith::ExtSIOp, arith::ExtUIOp, arith::TruncIOp,
+                triton::PtrToIntOp, triton::IntToPtrOp>(op))
+    curr = operands[0]->getValue();
+  // Constant ranges
+  if (triton::MakeRangeOp make_range = llvm::dyn_cast<triton::MakeRangeOp>(op)){
+    int start = make_range.start();
+    int end = make_range.end();
+    AxisInfo::ContiguityT contiguity = {end - start};
+    AxisInfo::DivisibilityT divisibility = {highestPowOf2Divisor(start)};
+    AxisInfo::ConstancyT constancy = {1};
+    curr = AxisInfo(contiguity, divisibility, constancy);
+  }
+  // Constant
+  if (arith::ConstantOp constant = llvm::dyn_cast<arith::ConstantOp>(op)){
+    auto intAttr = constant.getValue().dyn_cast<IntegerAttr>();
+    if(intAttr){
+      size_t val = intAttr.getValue().getZExtValue();
+      curr = AxisInfo({1}, {highestPowOf2Divisor(val)}, {1});
+    }
+    // TODO: generalize to dense attr
+    auto splatAttr = constant.getValue().dyn_cast<SplatElementsAttr>();
+    if(splatAttr && splatAttr.getElementType().isInteger(32)){
+      auto value = splatAttr.getSplatValue<int>();
+      TensorType ty = splatAttr.getType().cast<TensorType>();
+      curr = AxisInfo(AxisInfo::ContiguityT(ty.getRank(), 1),
+                      AxisInfo::DivisibilityT(ty.getRank(), highestPowOf2Divisor(value)),
+                      AxisInfo::ConstancyT(ty.getShape().begin(), ty.getShape().end()));
+
+    }
+  }
+  // Addition
+  if (llvm::isa<arith::AddIOp, triton::GEPOp>(op)){
+    auto newContiguity = [&](AxisInfo lhs, AxisInfo rhs, int d){
+      return std::max(gcd(lhs.getContiguity(d), rhs.getConstancy(d)),
+                      gcd(lhs.getConstancy(d), rhs.getContiguity(d)));
+    };
+    auto newConstancy = [&](AxisInfo lhs, AxisInfo rhs, int d){
+      return gcd(lhs.getConstancy(d), rhs.getConstancy(d));
+    };
+    auto newDivisibility = [&](AxisInfo lhs, AxisInfo rhs, int d){
+      return gcd(lhs.getDivisibility(d), rhs.getDivisibility(d));
+    };
+    curr = visitBinaryOp(op, operands[0]->getValue(), operands[1]->getValue(),
+                          newContiguity, newDivisibility, newConstancy);
+  }
+  // Multiplication
+  if (llvm::isa<arith::MulIOp>(op)){
+    auto newContiguity = [](AxisInfo lhs, AxisInfo rhs, int d){ 
+      return 1; 
+    };
+    auto newConstancy = [](AxisInfo lhs, AxisInfo rhs, int d){
+      return gcd(lhs.getConstancy(d), rhs.getConstancy(d));
+    };
+    auto newDivisibility = [](AxisInfo lhs, AxisInfo rhs, int d){
+      return lhs.getDivisibility(d)*rhs.getDivisibility(d);
+    };
+    curr = visitBinaryOp(op, operands[0]->getValue(), operands[1]->getValue(),
+                          newContiguity, newDivisibility, newConstancy);
+  }
+  // Splat
+  if (llvm::isa<triton::SplatOp>(op)){
+    Type _retTy = *op->result_type_begin();
+    TensorType retTy = _retTy.cast<TensorType>();
+    AxisInfo opInfo = operands[0]->getValue();
+    AxisInfo::ContiguityT contiguity;
+    AxisInfo::DivisibilityT divisibility;
+    AxisInfo::ConstancyT constancy;
+    for(size_t d = 0; d < retTy.getRank(); d++){
+      contiguity.push_back(1);
+      divisibility.push_back(opInfo.getDivisibility(0));
+      constancy.push_back(retTy.getShape()[d]);
+    }
+    curr = AxisInfo(contiguity, divisibility, constancy);
+  }
+  // Reshape
+  // TODO: Replace by `unsqueeze`
+  if (llvm::isa<triton::ReshapeOp>(op)){
+    Type _retTy = *op->result_type_begin();
+    Type _opTy = *op->operand_type_begin();
+    TensorType retTy = _retTy.cast<TensorType>();
+    TensorType opTy = _opTy.cast<TensorType>();
+    ArrayRef<int64_t> retShape = retTy.getShape();
+    ArrayRef<int64_t> opShape = opTy.getShape();
+    AxisInfo opInfo = operands[0]->getValue();
+    AxisInfo::ContiguityT contiguity;
+    AxisInfo::DivisibilityT divisibility;
+    AxisInfo::ConstancyT constancy;
+    bool is_skewed = false;
+    size_t current = 0;
+    for(size_t d = 0; d < retTy.getRank(); d++){
+      if(retShape[d] == 1){
+        contiguity.push_back(1);
+        divisibility.push_back(1);
+        constancy.push_back(1);
+      }
+      else if(!is_skewed
+              && retShape[d] == opShape[current]){
+        contiguity.push_back(opInfo.getContiguity()[current]);
+        divisibility.push_back(opInfo.getDivisibility()[current]);
+        constancy.push_back(opInfo.getConstancy()[current]);
+        current++;
+      }
+      else {
+        is_skewed = true;
+        contiguity.push_back(1);
+        divisibility.push_back(1);
+        constancy.push_back(1);
+      }
+    }
+    curr = AxisInfo(contiguity, divisibility, constancy);
+  }
+  // Broadcast
+  if (llvm::isa<triton::BroadcastOp>(op)){
+    Type _retTy = *op->result_type_begin();
+    Type _opTy = *op->operand_type_begin();
+    TensorType retTy = _retTy.cast<TensorType>();
+    TensorType opTy = _opTy.cast<TensorType>();
+    ArrayRef<int64_t> retShape = retTy.getShape();
+    ArrayRef<int64_t> opShape = opTy.getShape();
+    AxisInfo opInfo = operands[0]->getValue();
+    AxisInfo::ContiguityT contiguity;
+    AxisInfo::DivisibilityT divisibility;
+    AxisInfo::ConstancyT constancy;
+    for(size_t d = 0; d < retTy.getRank(); d++){
+      contiguity.push_back(opShape[d] == 1 ? 1 : opInfo.getContiguity(d));
+      divisibility.push_back(opInfo.getDivisibility(d));
+      constancy.push_back(opShape[d] == 1 ? retShape[d] : 1);
+    }
+    curr = AxisInfo(contiguity, divisibility, constancy);
+  }
+  if(curr.getRank() == 0){
+    return markAllPessimisticFixpoint(op->getResults());
+  }
+  // join all latice elements
+  ChangeResult result = ChangeResult::NoChange;
+  for (Value value : op->getResults()) {
+    result |= getLatticeElement(value).join(curr);
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/Analysis/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/Analysis/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..896939e53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Analysis/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+add_mlir_library(TritonAnalysis
+  AxisInfo.cpp
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 480882592..d19e99c0b 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # add_subdirectory(codegen)
 add_subdirectory(driver)
+add_subdirectory(Analysis)
 add_subdirectory(Conversion)
 add_subdirectory(Dialect)
diff --git a/lib/Conversion/TritonToTritonGPU/TritonToTritonGPU.cpp b/lib/Conversion/TritonToTritonGPU/TritonToTritonGPU.cpp
index 94bc4c696..22663b504 100644
--- a/lib/Conversion/TritonToTritonGPU/TritonToTritonGPU.cpp
+++ b/lib/Conversion/TritonToTritonGPU/TritonToTritonGPU.cpp
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ void populateTritonPatterns(
 ) {
   MLIRContext *context = patterns.getContext();
   patterns.add<TritonGenericPattern<triton::ReshapeOp>,
+               TritonGenericPattern<triton::SplatOp>,
                TritonGenericPattern<triton::BroadcastOp>,
                TritonGenericPattern<triton::GEPOp>,
                TritonReducePattern,
diff --git a/lib/Dialect/Triton/IR/Dialect.cpp b/lib/Dialect/Triton/IR/Dialect.cpp
index 0b0adef6d..ff7ce0436 100644
--- a/lib/Dialect/Triton/IR/Dialect.cpp
+++ b/lib/Dialect/Triton/IR/Dialect.cpp
@@ -23,3 +23,8 @@ void TritonDialect::initialize() {
 
   // We can also add interface here.
 }
+
+Operation *TritonDialect::materializeConstant(OpBuilder &builder, Attribute value,
+                                          Type type, Location loc) {
+  return builder.create<arith::ConstantOp>(loc, type, value);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/Dialect/Triton/IR/Ops.cpp b/lib/Dialect/Triton/IR/Ops.cpp
index e5416bf19..fd911b7a3 100644
--- a/lib/Dialect/Triton/IR/Ops.cpp
+++ b/lib/Dialect/Triton/IR/Ops.cpp
@@ -97,14 +97,22 @@ void LoadOp::build(::mlir::OpBuilder &builder, ::mlir::OperationState &state, ::
 
 //-- DotOp --
 
+//-- SplatOp --
+OpFoldResult SplatOp::fold(ArrayRef<Attribute> operands) {
+  auto constOperand = src().getDefiningOp<arith::ConstantOp>();
+  if (!constOperand)
+    return {};
+  auto shapedType = getType().cast<ShapedType>();
+  auto ret = SplatElementsAttr::get(shapedType, {constOperand.getValue()});
+  return ret;
+}
+
 //-- BroadcastOp --
 OpFoldResult BroadcastOp::fold(ArrayRef<Attribute> operands) {
   auto constOperand = src().getDefiningOp<arith::ConstantOp>();
   if (!constOperand)
     return {};
-
   auto shapedType = getType().cast<ShapedType>();
-
   return SplatElementsAttr::get(shapedType, {constOperand.getValue()});
 }
 
diff --git a/python/src/triton.cc b/python/src/triton.cc
index 53bf96d06..ba008cac4 100644
--- a/python/src/triton.cc
+++ b/python/src/triton.cc
@@ -788,6 +788,11 @@ void init_triton_ir(py::module &&m) {
     .def("add_entry_block", [](mlir::FuncOp &self) -> mlir::Block* {
       return self.addEntryBlock();
     }, ret::reference)
+    .def("set_arg_attr", [](mlir::FuncOp &self, int arg_no, const std::string& name, int val){
+      // set arg attributes "name" to value "val"
+      auto attrTy = mlir::IntegerType::get(self.getContext(), 32);
+      self.setArgAttr(arg_no, name, mlir::IntegerAttr::get(attrTy, val));
+    }, ret::reference)
     .def("reset_type", &mlir::FuncOp::setType)
     ;
 
@@ -1265,9 +1270,10 @@ void init_triton_ir(py::module &&m) {
       .def("create_splat", [](mlir::OpBuilder &self, mlir::Value &arg, std::vector<int64_t> &shape) -> mlir::Value {
         auto loc = self.getUnknownLoc();
         auto argType = arg.getType();
-        return self.create<mlir::triton::BroadcastOp>(
+        auto ret = self.createOrFold<mlir::triton::SplatOp>(
           loc, mlir::RankedTensorType::get(shape, argType), arg
         );
+        return ret;
       })
       // // atomic
       .def("create_atomic_cas", [](mlir::OpBuilder &self, mlir::Value &ptr, 
@@ -1337,6 +1343,12 @@ void init_triton_ir(py::module &&m) {
       .def("run", [](mlir::PassManager &self, mlir::ModuleOp &mod) -> bool {
         return mlir::succeeded(self.run(mod.getOperation()));
       })
+      .def("add_sccp_pass", [](mlir::PassManager &self) {
+        self.addPass(mlir::createSCCPPass());
+      })
+      .def("add_symbol_dce_pass", [](mlir::PassManager &self) {
+        self.addPass(mlir::createSymbolDCEPass());
+      })
       .def("add_inliner_pass", [](mlir::PassManager &self) {
         self.addPass(mlir::createInlinerPass());
       })
diff --git a/python/triton/code_gen.py b/python/triton/code_gen.py
index 7cac37cee..11ed31381 100644
--- a/python/triton/code_gen.py
+++ b/python/triton/code_gen.py
@@ -199,14 +199,8 @@ class CodeGenerator(ast.NodeVisitor):
                 arg_values.append(cst)
             else:
                 pass
-                # TODO: ...
-                # if i in self.attributes:
-                #     is_ptr = fn.args[idx].type.is_ptr()
-                #     attr = 'aligned' if is_ptr else 'multiple_of'
-                #     attr = getattr(_triton.ir.attribute_kind, attr)
-                #     attr = _triton.ir.attribute(attr, self.attributes[i])
-                #     fn.add_attr(idx + 1, attr)
-                # fn.args[idx].name = arg_name
+                if i in self.attributes:
+                    fn.set_arg_attr(idx, "tt.divisibility", self.attributes[i])
                 arg_values.append(triton.language.tensor(fn.args(idx), self.prototype.param_types[idx]))
                 idx += 1
 
@@ -1307,8 +1301,13 @@ class JITFunction:
             raise CompilationError(self.src, node) from e
         # cache num_warps & num_stages
         self.num_warps, self.num_stages = num_warps, num_stages
+        # run simple SCCP and DCE here to clean-up the generated IR
+        mod = generator.module
+        pm = _triton.ir.pass_manager(context)
+        pm.add_canonicalizer_pass()
+        pm.run(mod)
         # FIXME: now we need to return context, otherwise it will be deleted
-        return generator.module, context
+        return mod, context
     
     def compile_ttir_to_llir(self, mod, ctx):
         num_warps, num_stages = self.num_warps, self.num_stages
diff --git a/test/Analysis/test-alignment.mlir b/test/Analysis/test-alignment.mlir
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d2b31d58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Analysis/test-alignment.mlir
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// RUN: triton-opt %s -test-print-alignment -split-input-file 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+
+func @permute_2d(%arg0: !tt.ptr<f32> {tt.divisibility = 16 : i32}, %arg1: i32 {tt.divisibility = 16 : i32}, %arg2: !tt.ptr<f32> {tt.divisibility = 16 : i32}, %arg3: i32 {tt.divisibility = 16 : i32}) {
+  // CHECK: Contiguity: [1, 1] ; Divisibility: [1, 1] ; Constancy: [1, 1]
+  %cst = arith.constant dense<true> : tensor<128x128xi1>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: Contiguity: [1, 1] ; Divisibility: [1, 1] ; Constancy: [1, 1]
+  %cst_0 = arith.constant dense<0.000000e+00> : tensor<128x128xf32>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: Contiguity: [128] ; Divisibility: [65536] ; Constancy: [1]
+  %0 = tt.make_range {end = 128 : i32, start = 0 : i32} : tensor<128xi32>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: Contiguity: [128] ; Divisibility: [65536] ; Constancy: [1]
+  %1 = tt.make_range {end = 128 : i32, start = 0 : i32} : tensor<128xi32>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: Contiguity: [128, 1] ; Divisibility: [65536, 1] ; Constancy: [1, 1]
+  %2 = tt.reshape %0 : (tensor<128xi32>) -> tensor<128x1xi32>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: Contiguity: [1, 1] ; Divisibility: [16, 16] ; Constancy: [128, 1]
+  %3 = tt.splat %arg1 : (i32) -> tensor<128x1xi32>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: Contiguity: [1, 1] ; Divisibility: [1048576, 16] ; Constancy: [1, 1]
+  %4 = arith.muli %2, %3 : tensor<128x1xi32>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: Contiguity: [1, 1] ; Divisibility: [16, 16] ; Constancy: [128, 1]
+  %5 = tt.splat %arg0 : (!tt.ptr<f32>) -> tensor<128x1x!tt.ptr<f32>>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: Contiguity: [1, 1] ; Divisibility: [16, 16] ; Constancy: [1, 1]
+  %6 = tt.getelementptr %5, %4 : tensor<128x1x!tt.ptr<f32>>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: Contiguity: [1, 128] ; Divisibility: [1, 65536] ; Constancy: [1, 1]
+  %7 = tt.reshape %1 : (tensor<128xi32>) -> tensor<1x128xi32>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: Contiguity: [1, 1] ; Divisibility: [16, 16] ; Constancy: [1, 128]
+  %8 = tt.broadcast %6 : (tensor<128x1x!tt.ptr<f32>>) -> tensor<128x128x!tt.ptr<f32>>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: Contiguity: [1, 128] ; Divisibility: [1, 65536] ; Constancy: [128, 1]
+  %9 = tt.broadcast %7 : (tensor<1x128xi32>) -> tensor<128x128xi32>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: Contiguity: [1, 128] ; Divisibility: [1, 16] ; Constancy: [1, 1]
+  %10 = tt.getelementptr %8, %9 : tensor<128x128x!tt.ptr<f32>>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: Contiguity: [128, 1] ; Divisibility: [65536, 1] ; Constancy: [1, 1]
+  %11 = tt.reshape %0 : (tensor<128xi32>) -> tensor<128x1xi32>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: Contiguity: [1, 1] ; Divisibility: [16, 16] ; Constancy: [128, 1]
+  %12 = tt.splat %arg2 : (!tt.ptr<f32>) -> tensor<128x1x!tt.ptr<f32>>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: Contiguity: [128, 1] ; Divisibility: [16, 1] ; Constancy: [1, 1]
+  %13 = tt.getelementptr %12, %11 : tensor<128x1x!tt.ptr<f32>>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: Contiguity: [1, 128] ; Divisibility: [1, 65536] ; Constancy: [1, 1]
+  %14 = tt.reshape %1 : (tensor<128xi32>) -> tensor<1x128xi32>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: Contiguity: [1, 1] ; Divisibility: [16, 16] ; Constancy: [1, 128]
+  %15 = tt.splat %arg3 : (i32) -> tensor<1x128xi32>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: Contiguity: [1, 1] ; Divisibility: [16, 1048576] ; Constancy: [1, 1]
+  %16 = arith.muli %14, %15 : tensor<1x128xi32>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: Contiguity: [128, 1] ; Divisibility: [16, 1] ; Constancy: [1, 128]
+  %17 = tt.broadcast %13 : (tensor<128x1x!tt.ptr<f32>>) -> tensor<128x128x!tt.ptr<f32>>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: Contiguity: [1, 1] ; Divisibility: [16, 1048576] ; Constancy: [128, 1]
+  %18 = tt.broadcast %16 : (tensor<1x128xi32>) -> tensor<128x128xi32>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: Contiguity: [128, 1] ; Divisibility: [16, 1] ; Constancy: [1, 1]
+  %19 = tt.getelementptr %17, %18 : tensor<128x128x!tt.ptr<f32>>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: Contiguity: [1, 1] ; Divisibility: [1, 1] ; Constancy: [1, 1]
+  %20 = tt.load %10, %cst, %cst_0 {cache = 1 : i32, evict = 1 : i32, isVolatile = false} : tensor<128x128xf32>
+  tt.store %19, %20, %cst, : tensor<128x128xf32>
+  return
+}
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diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index b1e0ec7df..a37b680a5 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+add_subdirectory(lib)
+
 llvm_canonicalize_cmake_booleans(
   MLIR_ENABLE_BINDINGS_PYTHON
 )
diff --git a/test/lib/Analysis/CMakeLists.txt b/test/lib/Analysis/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f45f2e53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lib/Analysis/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+add_mlir_library(TritonTestAnalysis
+  TestAxisInfo.cpp
+
+  LINK_LIBS PUBLIC
+  TritonAnalysis
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/lib/Analysis/TestAxisInfo.cpp b/test/lib/Analysis/TestAxisInfo.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd6493cbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lib/Analysis/TestAxisInfo.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#include "triton/Analysis/AxisInfo.h"
+#include "mlir/Pass/Pass.h"
+
+using namespace mlir;
+
+namespace{
+
+struct TestAxisInfoPass
+    : public PassWrapper<TestAxisInfoPass,  OperationPass<FuncOp>>{
+      
+  // LLVM15+
+  // MLIR_DEFINE_EXPLICIT_INTERNAL_INLINE_TYPE_ID(TestAlignmentPass);
+  
+  void print(const std::string& name, raw_ostream& os, ArrayRef<int> vals){
+    os << name << ": [";
+    for(size_t d = 0; d < vals.size(); d++){
+      if(d != 0) os << ", ";
+      os << vals[d];
+    }
+    os << "]";
+  }
+
+  StringRef getArgument() const final { return "test-print-alignment"; }
+  StringRef getDescription() const final 
+  { return "print the result of the alignment analysis pass"; }
+
+  void runOnOperation() override {
+    Operation* operation = getOperation();
+    auto& os = llvm::errs();
+    os << "Testing: " << operation->getName() << "\n";
+    AxisInfoAnalysis analysis(&getContext());
+    analysis.run(operation);
+    operation->walk([&](Operation* op){
+      if(op->getNumResults() < 1)
+        return;
+      for(Value result: op->getResults()){
+        // std::ostringstream oss;
+        // result.print(oss);
+        // os << " => ";
+        LatticeElement<AxisInfo> *latticeElement = analysis.lookupLatticeElement(result);
+        if(!latticeElement){
+          os << "None\n";
+          return;
+        }
+        AxisInfo& info = latticeElement->getValue();
+        print("Contiguity", os, info.getContiguity());
+        os << " ; ";
+        print("Divisibility", os, info.getDivisibility());
+        os << " ; ";
+        print("Constancy", os, info.getConstancy());
+        os << " ( ";
+        result.print(os);
+        os << " ) "; 
+        os << "\n";
+      }
+    });
+  }
+};
+
+}
+
+namespace mlir{
+namespace test{
+void registerTestAlignmentPass() { PassRegistration<TestAxisInfoPass>(); }
+}
+}
+
diff --git a/test/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/test/lib/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c6d3ffe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+add_subdirectory(Analysis)
\ No newline at end of file