Inner Loops : A Sourcebook for Fast 32-bit Software Development

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Summary: Although good, not Meeting the expection
Review: This book is for you if you are first time writing some code keeping performance in mind but may not be very useful for experience programmer. I found it collection of many techniques at one place but nothing absolutely new.

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Summary: Best book on assembly-level optimization
Review: This is an excellent book. A very in-depth explanation of 80x86 assembly language optimization techniques and issues. Also covers C language issues and contains many good examples. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to write better and faster code - regardless of what language they use.

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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: This is in my opinion one of the better books on programming: Organized perfectly, the content is valid, its easy to read, the author understands the subject matter, and it contains information which is extremely helpful. Its definitely the best book on code optimization I've ever seen by far.

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Summary: The best book of how to optimize performance of Pentium PCs
Review: This is the best book I know of when it comes to learning how to optimize code for maximum performance on an Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX, Pentium Pro, or Pentium II processor. It is also great for learning about how the processors work. Rick gives a very easy to understand explanation of several advanced concepts such as branch prediction, stalls, address generation interlocks, L1 and L2 caches, and instruction pairing. Every little idiosyncrasy and quirk of the Pentium that may slow down your code is explained so that that you can avoid them all. In many cases, Rick gives you a lot more information than any of official Intel documentation. He also corrects several of Intel's timing charts that do not accurately reflect the real world performance of the Pentium processor. Most of this information is understandable and useful even if you program in C or C++. In other words, you don't have to be writing in assembly language to be concerned about branch prediction, cache lines and the other topics covered in the book. This book is a must have for anyone writing performance code on an Pentium processor and recommended to anyone curious about how the Pentium processor works from a software perspective.

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Summary: The best book of how to optimize performance of Pentium PCs
Review: This is the best book I know of when it comes to learning how to optimize code for maximum performance on an Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX, Pentium Pro, or Pentium II processor. It is also great for learning about how the processors work. Rick gives a very easy to understand explanation of several advanced concepts such as branch prediction, stalls, address generation interlocks, L1 and L2 caches, and instruction pairing. Every little idiosyncrasy and quirk of the Pentium that may slow down your code is explained so that that you can avoid them all. In many cases, Rick gives you a lot more information than any of official Intel documentation. He also corrects several of Intel's timing charts that do not accurately reflect the real world performance of the Pentium processor. Most of this information is understandable and useful even if you program in C or C++. In other words, you don't have to be writing in assembly language to be concerned about branch prediction, cache lines and the other topics covered in the book. This book is a must have for anyone writing performance code on an Pentium processor and recommended to anyone curious about how the Pentium processor works from a software perspective.