Intel ARCHITECTURE IA-32 User Manual

IA-32 Intel® Architecture Optimization
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Example 2-21 Non-temporal Stores and 64-byte Bus Write Transactions
Example 2-22 Non-temporal Stores and Partial Bus Write Transactions
#define STRIDESIZE 256
Lea ecx, p64byte_Aligned
Mov edx, ARRAY_LEN
Xor eax, eax
slloop:
movntps XMMWORD ptr [ecx + eax], xmm0
movntps XMMWORD ptr [ecx + eax+16], xmm0
movntps XMMWORD ptr [ecx + eax+32], xmm0
movntps XMMWORD ptr [ecx + eax+48], xmm0
; 64 bytes is written in one bus transaction
add eax, STRIDESIZE
cmp eax, edx
jl slloop
#define STRIDESIZE 256
Lea ecx, p64byte_Aligned
Mov edx, ARRAY_LEN
Xor eax, eax
slloop:
movntps XMMWORD ptr [ecx + eax], xmm0
movntps XMMWORD ptr [ecx + eax+16], xmm0
movntps XMMWORD ptr [ecx + eax+32], xmm0
; Storing 48 bytes results in 6 bus partial transactions
add eax, STRIDESIZE
cmp eax, edx

Intel ARCHITECTURE IA-32 Specifications

General

Instruction Set	x86
Instruction Set Type	CISC
Memory Segmentation	Supported
Operating Modes	Real mode, Protected mode, Virtual 8086 mode
Max Physical Address Size	36 bits (with PAE)
Max Virtual Address Size	32 bits
Architecture	IA-32 (Intel Architecture 32-bit)
Addressable Memory	4 GB (with Physical Address Extension up to 64 GB)
Floating Point Registers	8 x 80-bit
MMX Registers	8 x 64-bit
SSE Registers	8 x 128-bit
Registers	General-purpose registers (EAX, EBX, ECX, EDX, ESI, EDI, ESP, EBP), Segment registers (CS, DS, SS, ES, FS, GS), Instruction pointer (EIP), Flags register (EFLAGS)
Floating Point Unit	Yes (x87)