Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Early Intel® Architecture
Chapter 2: Intel® Pentium® Processors
Chapter 3: Intel® Core™ Processors
3.2 Second Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family
Chapter 4: Performance Workflow
4.1 Step 0: Defining the Problem
4.2 Step 1: Determine the Source of the Problem
4.3 Step 2: Determine Whether the Bottleneck Can Be Avoided
4.4 Step 3: Design a Reproducible Experiment
4.6 Step 5: Algorithmic Improvement
4.7 Step 6: Architectural Tuning
4.9 Step 8: Performance Regression Testing
Chapter 5: Designing Experiments
5.2 Dealing with External Variables
Chapter 6: Introduction to Profiling
6.2 Top-Down Hierarchical Analysis
Chapter 7: Intel® VTune™ Amplifier XE
7.1 Installation and Configuration
7.2 Data Collection and Reporting
Chapter 10: GPU Profiling Tools
10.1 Traditional Graphics Stack
Chapter 11: Other Helpful Tools
Part 3: Optimization Techniques
12.2 ELF and the x86/x86_64 ABIs
Chapter 14: Optimizing Cache Usage
14.1 Processor Cache Organization
Chapter 15: Exploiting Parallelism
Chapter 16: Special Instructions
16.1 Intel® Advanced Encryption Standard New Instructions (AES-NI)