Introduction; Intel ® Architecture Processor Family Overview - Intel ARCHITECTURE IA-32 Reference Manual

Introduction

The manual consists of the following parts:
Introduction. Defines the purpose and outlines the contents of this
manual.
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Chapter 1: IA-32 Intel Architecture Processor Family Overview.
Describes the features relevant to software optimization of the current
generation of IA-32 Intel architecture processors, including the
architectural extensions to the IA-32 architecture and an overview of the
Intel NetBurst microarchitecture, Pentium M processor
microarchitecture and Hyper-Threading Technology.
Chapter 2: General Optimization Guidelines. Describes general code
development and optimization techniques that apply to all applications
designed to take advantage of the common features of the Intel NetBurst
microarchitecture and Pentium M processor microarchitecture.
Chapter 3: Coding for SIMD Architectures. Describes techniques
and concepts for using the SIMD integer and SIMD floating-point
instructions provided by the MMX™ technology, Streaming SIMD
Extensions, Streaming SIMD Extensions 2, and Streaming SIMD
Extensions 3.
Chapter 4: Optimizing for SIMD Integer Applications. Provides
optimization suggestions and common building blocks for applications
that use the 64-bit and 128-bit SIMD integer instructions.
Chapter 5: Optimizing for SIMD Floating-point Applications.
Provides optimization suggestions and common building blocks for
applications that use the single-precision and double-precision SIMD
floating-point instructions.
Chapter 6: Optimizing Cache Usage. Describes how to use the
instruction, cache control management instructions to
prefetch
optimize cache usage, and the deterministic cache parameters.
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