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Sign Extension to Full 64-Bits........................................................................................... 8-3
Alternate Coding Rules for 64-Bit Mode.................................................................................. 8-4
Use 64-Bit Registers Instead of Two 32-Bit Registers for 64-Bit Arithmetic..................... 8-4
Use 32-Bit Versions of CVTSI2SS and CVTSI2SD When Possible................................. 8-6
Using Software Prefetch................................................................................................... 8-6
Chapter 9 Power Optimization for Mobile Usages
Overview................................................................................................................................. 9-1
Mobile Usage Scenarios......................................................................................................... 9-2
ACPI C-States......................................................................................................................... 9-4
Processor-Specific C4 and Deep C4 States..................................................................... 9-6
Guidelines for Extending Battery Life...................................................................................... 9-7
Adjust Performance to Meet Quality of Features ............................................................. 9-8
Reducing Amount of Work................................................................................................ 9-9
Platform-Level Optimizations.......................................................................................... 9-10
Handling Sleep State Transitions ................................................................................... 9-11
Using Enhanced Intel SpeedStep
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Technology ............................................................. 9-12
Enabling Intel
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Enhanced Deeper Sleep ....................................................................... 9-14
Multi-Core Considerations.............................................................................................. 9-15
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep
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Technology.................................................................. 9-15
Thread Migration Considerations.............................................................................. 9-16
Multi-core Considerations for C-States..................................................................... 9-17
Appendix AApplication Performance Tools
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Compilers..................................................................................................................... A-2
Code Optimization Options ............................................................................................. A-3
Targeting a Processor (-Gn) ...................................................................................... A-3
Automatic Processor Dispatch Support (-Qx[extensions] and -Qax[extensions])...... A-4
Vectorizer Switch Options ............................................................................................... A-5
Loop Unrolling............................................................................................................ A-5
Multithreading with OpenMP*.................................................................................... A-6
Inline Expansion of Library Functions (-Oi, -Oi-) ............................................................. A-6
Floating-point Arithmetic Precision (-Op, -Op-, -Qprec, -Qprec_div, -Qpc,
-Qlong_double)............................................................................................................ A-6
Rounding Control Option (-Qrcd) .................................................................................... A-6
Interprocedural and Profile-Guided Optimizations .......................................................... A-7
Interprocedural Optimization (IPO)............................................................................ A-7
Profile-Guided Optimization (PGO) ........................................................................... A-7
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VTune™ Performance Analyzer................................................................................... A-8
Sampling ......................................................................................................................... A-9