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Intel ARCHITECTURE IA-32
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IA-32 Intel® Architecture Optimization
Index-4
L
large load stalls, 2-37
latency, 2-72, 6-5
lea instruction, 2-74
loading and storing to and from the same
DRAM page, 4-39
loop blocking, 3-34
loop unrolling, 2-26
loop unrolling option, A-5, A-6
M
memory bank conflicts, 6-3
memory O=optimization U=using P=prefetch,
6-18
memory operands, 2-71
memory optimization, 4-34
memory optimizations
loading and storing to and from the same
DRAM page, 4-39
partial memory accesses, 4-35
using aligned stores, 4-40
memory performance, 3-27
memory reference instructions, 2-86
memory throughput bound, E-10
micro-op fusion, 1-32
minimizing prefetches number, 6-29
misaligned data access, 3-20
misalignment in the FIR filter, 3-22
mobile computing
ACPI standard, 9-1
active power, 9-1
battery life, 9-1, 9-7
OS APIs, 9-8
C4-state, 9-6
CD/DVD, WLAN, WiFi, 9-10
C-states, 9-1, 9-4
deep sleep transitions, 9-11
deeper sleep, 9-6, 9-14
OS changes processor frequency, 9-2
OS synchronization APIs, 9-9
overview, 9-1
performance options, 9-8
platform optimizations, 9-10
P-states, 9-1
Speedstep technology, 9-12
spin loops, 9-9
static power, 9-1
WM_POWERBROADCAST message,
9-11
moble computing
state transitions, 9-2
move byte mask to integer, 4-16
MOVQ Instruction, 4-39
multi-core features, 1-39
N
new SIMD-integer instructions
extract word, 4-13
insert word, 4-14
move byte mask to integer, 4-16
packed average byte or word), 4-31
packed multiply high unsigned, 4-30
packed shuffle word, 4-18
packed signed integer word maximum, 4-29
packed sum of absolute differences, 4-30
Newton-Raphson iteration, 5-2
non-coherent requests, 6-13
non-interleaved unpack, 4-11
non-temporal stores, 6-43
NOPs, 2-95
To align instructions, 2-95
XCHG EAX,EAX
Special hardware support for, 2-95
numeric exceptions
flush to zero, 5-22

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Intel ARCHITECTURE IA-32 Specifications

General IconGeneral
Instruction Setx86
Instruction Set TypeCISC
Memory SegmentationSupported
Operating ModesReal mode, Protected mode, Virtual 8086 mode
Max Physical Address Size36 bits (with PAE)
Max Virtual Address Size32 bits
ArchitectureIA-32 (Intel Architecture 32-bit)
Addressable Memory4 GB (with Physical Address Extension up to 64 GB)
Floating Point Registers8 x 80-bit
MMX Registers8 x 64-bit
SSE Registers8 x 128-bit
RegistersGeneral-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 UnitYes (x87)

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