The Microarchitecture of Intel, AMD and VIA CPUs
An optimization guide for assembly programmers and compiler makers
- License
- Free to read; public redistribution not permitted (© Agner Fog)
- Source
- agner.org/optimize
Description
The third of Agner Fog's optimization manuals. A detailed reference on how modern x86 processors work internally — pipelines, out-of-order execution, branch prediction, caches, and execution units — for every major microarchitecture generation.
Book information
- Language
- English
- Category
- Computer Architecture
- Level
- Advanced
- Pages
- 219
- Published
- 2023
- Format
- License
- Free to read; public redistribution not permitted (© Agner Fog)
- Source
- agner.org/optimize
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