diff --git a/include/triton/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/CPUTargetInfo.h b/include/triton/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/CPUTargetInfo.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..66f6b57b1c57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/triton/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/CPUTargetInfo.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#ifndef TRITON_CONVERSION_TRITONCPU_TO_LLVM_TARGETINFOBASE_H
+#define TRITON_CONVERSION_TRITONCPU_TO_LLVM_TARGETINFOBASE_H
+
+#include "mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMDialect.h"
+#include "triton/Conversion/MLIRTypes.h"
+
+namespace mlir::triton::cpu {
+class CPUTargetInfo {
+public:
+  // Note: we may revisit for different CPU ISAs like AVX and Neon.
+  CPUTargetInfo() {}
+
+  Value programId(ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter, Location loc,
+                  LLVM::LLVMFuncOp funcOp, int axis) const;
+
+  void printf(ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter, Value formatStrStart,
+              int formatStrByteCount, ValueRange args) const;
+
+  ~CPUTargetInfo() {}
+};
+} // namespace mlir::triton::cpu
+#endif // TRITON_CONVERSION_TRITONCPU_TO_LLVM_TARGETINFOBASE_H
diff --git a/include/triton/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/PatternTritonCPUOpToLLVM.h b/include/triton/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/PatternTritonCPUOpToLLVM.h
index d2212eb34009..f5cd3612dac5 100644
--- a/include/triton/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/PatternTritonCPUOpToLLVM.h
+++ b/include/triton/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/PatternTritonCPUOpToLLVM.h
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef TRITON_CONVERSION_TRITONCPU_TO_LLVM_PATTERNS_TRITON_CPU_OP_TO_LLVM_H
 #define TRITON_CONVERSION_TRITONCPU_TO_LLVM_PATTERNS_TRITON_CPU_OP_TO_LLVM_H
 
+#include "CPUTargetInfo.h"
 #include "mlir/Conversion/LLVMCommon/TypeConverter.h"
+#include "triton/Analysis/AxisInfo.h"
 #include "triton/Dialect/TritonCPU/IR/Dialect.h"
 
 using namespace mlir;
@@ -17,6 +19,11 @@ constexpr int patternBenefitPrioritizeOverLLVMConversions = 10;
 constexpr int patternBenefitClampOptimizedPattern = 20;
 constexpr int patternBenefitConvertLayoutOptimizedPattern = 20;
 
+void populateSPMDOpToLLVMPattern(LLVMTypeConverter &typeConverter,
+                                 RewritePatternSet &patterns,
+                                 const cpu::CPUTargetInfo &targetInfo,
+                                 PatternBenefit benefit);
+
 void populateControlFlowOpToLLVMPattern(LLVMTypeConverter &typeConverter,
                                         RewritePatternSet &patterns,
                                         PatternBenefit benefit);
@@ -27,6 +34,7 @@ void populateFuncOpConversionPattern(LLVMTypeConverter &typeConverter,
 
 void populatePrintOpToLLVMPattern(LLVMTypeConverter &typeConverter,
                                   RewritePatternSet &patterns,
+                                  const CPUTargetInfo &targetInfo,
                                   PatternBenefit benefit);
 
 } // namespace cpu
diff --git a/include/triton/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/Utility.h b/include/triton/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/Utility.h
index 08d3b5e061a8..8562271340a1 100644
--- a/include/triton/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/Utility.h
+++ b/include/triton/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/Utility.h
@@ -12,15 +12,10 @@
 using namespace mlir;
 using namespace mlir::triton;
 
-namespace mlir {
-namespace LLVM {
+// TODO: Do better refactoring.
+#include "triton/Conversion/TritonGPUToLLVM/Utility.h"
 
-// TODO: Not sure we need this for CPU backends.
-inline bool isKernel(FunctionOpInterface funcOp) {
-  return funcOp.getVisibility() == SymbolTable::Visibility::Public;
-}
-
-} // namespace LLVM
-} // namespace mlir
+#undef DEBUG_TYPE
+#define DEBUG_TYPE "ttcpu_to_llvm"
 
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/CMakeLists.txt
index 175115628597..db507557fb22 100644
--- a/lib/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 add_triton_library(TritonCPUToLLVM
     ControlFlowOpToLLVM.cpp
+    CPUTargetInfo.cpp
     FuncOpToLLVM.cpp
+    PrintOpToLLVM.cpp
+    SPMDOpToLLVM.cpp
     TypeConverter.cpp
     TritonCPUToLLVM.cpp
 
diff --git a/lib/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/CPUTargetInfo.cpp b/lib/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/CPUTargetInfo.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8dd050b80bbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/CPUTargetInfo.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#include "triton/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/CPUTargetInfo.h"
+#include "triton/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/Utility.h"
+
+namespace {
+LLVM::LLVMFuncOp getPrintfDeclaration(ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) {
+  auto moduleOp = rewriter.getBlock()->getParent()->getParentOfType<ModuleOp>();
+  StringRef funcName("printf");
+  Operation *funcOp = moduleOp.lookupSymbol(funcName);
+  if (funcOp)
+    return cast<LLVM::LLVMFuncOp>(*funcOp);
+
+  auto *context = rewriter.getContext();
+
+  // int printf(char* format, ...)
+  SmallVector<Type> argsType{ptr_ty(context)};
+  auto funcType = LLVM::LLVMFunctionType::get(i32_ty, argsType, true);
+
+  ConversionPatternRewriter::InsertionGuard guard(rewriter);
+  rewriter.setInsertionPointToStart(moduleOp.getBody());
+
+  return rewriter.create<LLVM::LLVMFuncOp>(UnknownLoc::get(context), funcName,
+                                           funcType);
+}
+} // namespace
+
+namespace mlir::triton::cpu {
+
+Value CPUTargetInfo::programId(ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter,
+                               Location loc, LLVM::LLVMFuncOp funcOp,
+                               int axis) const {
+  assert(axis >= 0 && axis < 3);
+
+  // program_id for CPU is provided as function arguments. The last three
+  // arguments are __grid0 to __grid2 of i32.
+  assert(funcOp && funcOp.getArguments().size() >= 3);
+  return funcOp.getArgument(funcOp.getArguments().size() - 3 + axis);
+}
+
+void CPUTargetInfo::printf(ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter,
+                           Value formatStrStart, int /*formatStrByteCount*/,
+                           ValueRange args) const {
+  auto loc = UnknownLoc::get(rewriter.getContext());
+  SmallVector<Value> formatStrAndArgs{formatStrStart};
+  for (auto arg : args) {
+    formatStrAndArgs.push_back(arg);
+  }
+  call(getPrintfDeclaration(rewriter), formatStrAndArgs);
+}
+} // namespace mlir::triton::cpu
diff --git a/lib/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/PrintOpToLLVM.cpp b/lib/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/PrintOpToLLVM.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..96a1c5d1619f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/PrintOpToLLVM.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+#include "mlir/Conversion/LLVMCommon/Pattern.h"
+#include "mlir/Conversion/LLVMCommon/TypeConverter.h"
+#include "mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMDialect.h"
+#include "mlir/IR/PatternMatch.h"
+#include "triton/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/CPUTargetInfo.h"
+#include "triton/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/PatternTritonCPUOpToLLVM.h"
+#include "triton/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/Utility.h"
+#include "triton/Dialect/Triton/IR/Dialect.h"
+
+namespace {
+
+using namespace mlir;
+using namespace mlir::triton;
+using namespace mlir::triton::cpu;
+
+struct PrintOpConversion : public ConvertOpToLLVMPattern<triton::PrintOp> {
+  explicit PrintOpConversion(LLVMTypeConverter &typeConverter,
+                             const CPUTargetInfo &targetInfo,
+                             PatternBenefit benefit)
+      : mlir::ConvertOpToLLVMPattern<triton::PrintOp>(typeConverter, benefit),
+        targetInfo(targetInfo) {}
+
+  LogicalResult
+  matchAndRewrite(triton::PrintOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+                  ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const override {
+    auto loc = op->getLoc();
+
+    auto getPid = [&](int axis) {
+      return targetInfo.programId(
+          rewriter, loc, op->getParentOfType<LLVM::LLVMFuncOp>(), axis);
+    };
+    SmallVector<Value> values = {getPid(0), getPid(1), getPid(2)};
+
+    std::string formatStr;
+    llvm::raw_string_ostream os(formatStr);
+    os << "pid (" << getFormatSubstr(values[0]) << ", "
+       << getFormatSubstr(values[1]) << ", " << getFormatSubstr(values[2])
+       << ")" << op.getPrefix();
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < op.getNumOperands(); i++) {
+      auto elems = unpackLLElements(loc, adaptor.getOperands()[i], rewriter);
+      if (op.getOperand(i).getType().dyn_cast<RankedTensorType>()) {
+        llvm_unreachable("Not implemented for tensor types");
+      }
+
+      // Only support scalars for now.
+      assert(elems.size() == 1);
+      if (i != 0) {
+        os << ", ";
+      }
+      os << getFormatSubstr(elems[0]);
+      values.push_back(elems[0]);
+    }
+
+    llPrintf(formatStr, values, rewriter);
+    rewriter.eraseOp(op);
+    return success();
+  }
+
+  // TODO: This code is the same as the GPU-backend code. Consider refactoring.
+  std::string getFormatSubstr(Value value, bool hex = false,
+                              std::optional<int> width = std::nullopt) const {
+    Type type = value.getType();
+    if (type.isa<LLVM::LLVMPointerType>()) {
+      return "%p";
+    }
+    // Hex is "0x%0nx" or "0x%0nllx", where n is the number of hex digits in the
+    // type (so 4 for fp16, 8 for int32, 16 for int64).
+    if (hex) {
+      // Ignore `width` for `hex` values, pad to typeWidth.
+      std::string ret =
+          "0x%0" + std::to_string(type.getIntOrFloatBitWidth() / 4);
+      if (type.getIntOrFloatBitWidth() > 32) {
+        ret += "ll";
+      }
+      ret += "x";
+      return ret;
+    }
+
+    std::string prefix = "%";
+    if (width.has_value()) {
+      prefix += std::to_string(*width);
+    } else if (hex) {
+      prefix += "0";
+      prefix += std::to_string(value.getType().getIntOrFloatBitWidth() / 4);
+    }
+
+    if (type.isBF16() || type.isF16() || type.isF32() || type.isF64()) {
+      return prefix + "f";
+    } else if (type.isSignedInteger()) {
+      if (type.getIntOrFloatBitWidth() == 64)
+        return prefix + "lli";
+      else
+        return prefix + "i";
+    } else if (type.isUnsignedInteger() || type.isSignlessInteger()) {
+      if (type.getIntOrFloatBitWidth() == 64)
+        return prefix + "llu";
+      else
+        return prefix + "u";
+    }
+    assert(false && "not supported type");
+    return "";
+  }
+
+  Value llPrintf(StringRef msg, ValueRange args,
+                 ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter,
+                 int *formatStrByteCount = nullptr) const {
+    assert(!msg.empty() && "printf with empty string not supported");
+    llvm::SmallString<64> msgNewline(msg);
+    msgNewline.push_back('\n');
+    msgNewline.push_back('\0');
+    Value msgValue =
+        LLVM::addStringToModule(UnknownLoc::get(rewriter.getContext()),
+                                rewriter, "printfFormat_", msgNewline);
+    targetInfo.printf(rewriter, msgValue, msgNewline.size_in_bytes(), args);
+    if (formatStrByteCount)
+      *formatStrByteCount = msgNewline.size_in_bytes();
+    return msgValue;
+  }
+
+protected:
+  const CPUTargetInfo &targetInfo;
+};
+
+} // namespace
+
+void mlir::triton::cpu::populatePrintOpToLLVMPattern(
+    LLVMTypeConverter &typeConverter, RewritePatternSet &patterns,
+    const CPUTargetInfo &targetInfo, PatternBenefit benefit) {
+  patterns.add<PrintOpConversion>(typeConverter, targetInfo, benefit);
+}
diff --git a/lib/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/SPMDOpToLLVM.cpp b/lib/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/SPMDOpToLLVM.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..65fef7a7d0d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/SPMDOpToLLVM.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#include "mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMDialect.h"
+#include "triton/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/PatternTritonCPUOpToLLVM.h"
+#include "triton/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/Utility.h"
+
+namespace {
+
+using namespace mlir;
+using namespace mlir::triton;
+using namespace mlir::triton::cpu;
+
+struct GetProgramIdOpConversion
+    : public ConvertOpToLLVMPattern<triton::GetProgramIdOp> {
+  explicit GetProgramIdOpConversion(LLVMTypeConverter &typeConverter,
+                                    const CPUTargetInfo &targetInfo,
+                                    PatternBenefit benefit = 1)
+      : ConvertOpToLLVMPattern<triton::GetProgramIdOp>(typeConverter, benefit),
+        targetInfo(targetInfo) {}
+
+  LogicalResult
+  matchAndRewrite(triton::GetProgramIdOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+                  ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const override {
+    Value programId = targetInfo.programId(
+        rewriter, op->getLoc(), op->getParentOfType<LLVM::LLVMFuncOp>(),
+        op.getAxisAsInt());
+    rewriter.replaceOp(op, programId);
+    return success();
+  }
+
+private:
+  const CPUTargetInfo &targetInfo;
+};
+
+} // namespace
+
+void mlir::triton::cpu::populateSPMDOpToLLVMPattern(
+    LLVMTypeConverter &typeConverter, RewritePatternSet &patterns,
+    const CPUTargetInfo &targetInfo, PatternBenefit benefit) {
+  patterns.add<GetProgramIdOpConversion>(typeConverter, targetInfo, benefit);
+}
diff --git a/lib/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/TritonCPUToLLVM.cpp b/lib/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/TritonCPUToLLVM.cpp
index 28d320df32d3..cb15f87ee206 100644
--- a/lib/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/TritonCPUToLLVM.cpp
+++ b/lib/Conversion/TritonCPUToLLVM/TritonCPUToLLVM.cpp
@@ -89,10 +89,15 @@ struct ConvertTritonCPUToLLVM
     }
 
     RewritePatternSet patterns(context);
+    mlir::triton::cpu::CPUTargetInfo targetInfo;
     int benefit =
         mlir::triton::cpu::patternBenefitPrioritizeOverLLVMConversions;
     mlir::triton::cpu::populateControlFlowOpToLLVMPattern(typeConverter,
                                                           patterns, benefit);
+    mlir::triton::cpu::populatePrintOpToLLVMPattern(typeConverter, patterns,
+                                                    targetInfo, benefit);
+    mlir::triton::cpu::populateSPMDOpToLLVMPattern(typeConverter, patterns,
+                                                   targetInfo, benefit);
 
     if (failed(applyPartialConversion(mod, convTarget, std::move(patterns))))
       return signalPassFailure();
diff --git a/python/triton/runtime/jit.py b/python/triton/runtime/jit.py
index d04f516e8152..82aec76aa2c1 100644
--- a/python/triton/runtime/jit.py
+++ b/python/triton/runtime/jit.py
@@ -607,6 +607,13 @@ def run(self, *args, grid, warmup, **kwargs):
 
             configs = (backend.get_attrs_descriptor(self.params, bound_vals), )
             constant_params = configs[0].get_constants()
+            # The CPU launcher will provide the grid ids directly to the kernel.
+            # Note that this design is interim and subject to change.
+            if target[0] == 'cpu':
+                signature["__grid0"] = 'i32'
+                signature["__grid1"] = 'i32'
+                signature["__grid2"] = 'i32'
+
             constants = {
                 p.name: v
                 for (v, p) in zip(bound_vals, self.params)