The Software Vectorization Handbook

Applying Multimedia Extensions for Maximum Performance

Aart J.C. Bik

240 pages, parution le 02/09/2004

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Résumé

The growing popularity of multimedia extensions has renewed the interest in vectorizing compilers. The Software Vectorization Handbook provides a detailed overview of compiler optimizations that convert sequential code into a form that best exploits multimedia extensions.

This book is written for compiler engineers and programmers of scientific, engineering, and multimedia applications who are interested in learning the latest techniques for improving software performance. The primary focus is on the C programming language and multimedia extensions to the Intel® Architecture, although most conversion methods are easily generalized to other imperative programming languages and multimedia instruction sets.

Topics discussed range from traditional data dependence analysis and loop-oriented vectorization to more multimedia-oriented alignment optimizations and vectorization of straight-line code. All presented optimizations are available in the high performance Intel® C++/Fortran compilers that support automatic vectorization for MMX™ technology and the Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE). The book also includes guidelines on how to use these compilers to take advantage of multi-media extensions with a minimum of engineering effort.

L'auteur - Aart J.C. Bik

Aart J.C. Bik holds a PhD in computer science and is a Principal Engineer at Intel Corporation, working on the development of high performance Intel C++ and Fortran compilers. Aart received an Intel Achievement Award, the company's highest award, for making the Intel Streaming SIMD Extensions easier to use through automatic vectorization. Aart is the author of The Software Vectorization Handbook.

Sommaire

Introduction
Instruction Set Preliminaries
Language Preliminaries
Data Dependence Theory
Vectorization Essentials
Alignment Optimizations
Supplemental Optimizations
Vectorization Beyond Loops
Vectorization with the Intel Compilers

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Intel Press
Auteur(s)	Aart J.C. Bik
Parution	02/09/2004
Nb. de pages	240
Format	19 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	525g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780974364926
ISBN13	978-0-9743649-2-6