PentiumTM Processor : Optimization Tools.
Pentium Processor Optimization Tools covers advanced program optimization techniques for the Intel 80x86 family of chips, including the Pentium. The book starts by providing a review and history of the optimization tool. The text then discusses the 80x86 programming language; Pentium and its tools;...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Burlington :
Elsevier Science,
1995.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Inside Front Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Introduction; I: Review and Historical Context; Chapter 1: Number Systems; Publisher Summary; HEX; SIGNED NUMBERS; NUMERIC OVERFLOW; DATA SIZES; LITTLE ENDIAN VS. BIG ENDIAN; Chapter 2: What Is Assembly?; Publisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; Tools and Terminology; WHAT ARE COMPILERS, INTERPRETERS AND ASSEMBLERS?; Chapter 3: The 8086 Family History and Architecture; Publisher Summary; COMPATIBILITY LESSONS; MATH CO-PROCESSORS; THE 80286; 32-BIT 80386; RISCY 80486; THE 80586; THE COMPETITION; THE P6.
- II: 80�86 Family BackgroundChapter 4: 8086 Architecture and Instruction Set; Publisher Summary; 8088 Architecture; The 8088 Instruction Set; Shifts and Rotates; Program Control And Branching; Flag Manipulations; Multiply and Divide; BCD Instructions; String Instructions; Interrupts; Miscellaneous Instructions; Flag Summary; Chapter 5: Writing Beginning Programs; Publisher Summary; Chapter 6: Assembly Tools; Publisher Summary; Chapter 7: The Instruction Set Evolves: The 186 to the 386; Publisher Summary; The 80286; The 80386; III: Introduction to Pentium and Tools.
- Chapter 8: The 80486 and PentiumPublisher Summary; Pentium; Summary; Chapter 9: Superscalar Programming; Publisher Summary; Dual Integer Pipelines; Branch Prediction Logic; Optimized Cycle Times; Chapter 10: Integer and Floating-Point Pipeline Operation; Publisher Summary; Pentium Floating-Point Pipeline; Chapter 11: Using the Pentium Optimizer Program; Publisher Summary; HOW IT WORKS; ADDRESS GENERATION INTERLOCKS; Chapter 12: Timing with a Software Timer; Publisher Summary; ICE; BUILT-IN PENTIUM TIMER; SOFTWARE TIMER; TIMER SOFTWARE FUNCTION REFERENCE; Percent Speed Changes.
- IV: Superscalar Pentium ProgrammingChapter 13: Optimization Warm-ups; Publisher Summary; STRING INSTRUCTION OPTIMIZATIONS; Chapter 14: String Search and Translate; Publisher Summary; STRING SEARCH; String Translations; Atomic Programming; Case-Independent String Searching; CASE-INDEPENDENT STRING SCAN; CASE-INDEPENDENT STRING COMPARE; CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 15: Checksums and Extended Precision Addition; Publisher Summary; STEP 1; STEP 2; STEP 3; STEP 4; STEP 5; STEP 6; COMING COMPLETELY UNDONE; SUMMARY; FALSE STEPS; Extended Precision Addition; V: Advanced Topics.
- Chapter 16: Floating-Point MathPublisher Summary; FPU BASICS; FPU MATRIX OPTIMIZATIONS; WHICH ARRAY DECLARATION IS BEST?; OPTIMIZING WITH ASSEMBLY; Chapter 17: Interfacing to C; Publisher Summary; INLINE ASSEMBLY; INLINE ASSEMBLY EXAMPLE; LINKING SEPARATE MODULES; CALLING CONVENTIONS; FULL C-TO-ASSEMBLY TEMPLATES; EXAMPLES OF CALLING ASSEMBLY ROUTINES FROM C; USING THE EXTENDED PROC DIRECTIVE; FASTCALL; FASTCALL REGISTERS; TIMING C CODE; Chapter 18: Protected-Mode Programming; Publisher Summary; INTRODUCTION TO PROTECTED MODE; DPMI, DOS PROTECTED-MODE INTERFACE; PROTECTED-MODE SEGMENTS.