Programming With Hyper-Threading Technology: How to Write Multithreaded Software for Intel IA-32 Processors - Softcover

Gerber, Richard; Binstock, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0971786143 ISBN 13: 9780971786141

Publisher: Intel Pr, 1843

Synopsis

Introduces Intel's new Hyper-Threading technology, explains how processor level threading can be incorporated to provide a more efficient use of processor resources for parallelism and improved performance, and discusses such topics as the functions of Hyper-Threading technology, how to thread an application, multitasking, and more. Original. (Advanced)

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Gerber has worked on numerous multimedia projects, 3D libraries, and computer games for Intel. As a software engineer, he worked on the Intel VTune™ Performance Analyzer and led training sessions on optimization techniques. He is the author of The Software Optimization Cookbook.

Andrew Binstock is the principal analyst at Pacific Data Works and the middleware columnist for SD Times. Previously, he was a senior technology manager at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, where he oversaw the technology forecasting for the firm's clients and was editor in chief of UNIX Review. He is also author of Practical Algorithms for Programmers.

Review:

"This book is great. Everyone associated with this topic should read it." -- Boris Dukendjiev, Software Design Engineer, Microsoft Corporation

"This book is very, very useful. The author provides deep insight into hyper-threading that I can immediately use..." -- Jia Yicheng, Software Engineer, GEMS

"[C]omprehensive and filled with illustrative examples about parallel programming." -- Oleksiy Danikhno, development director, A4Vision, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Intel Pr
• Publication date: 1843
• ISBN 10: 0971786143
• ISBN 13: 9780971786141
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300