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Functional Unit Stalls on 64-Bit Intel® Architecture
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Register-Stack Engine Stalls on 64-Bit Architecture
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Linux
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Make Local Changes to an ADO.NET DataSet in a Mobilized Application
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Network Security Remedies to Secure Mobile Communications
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Multi-thread apps for Multi-core
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Apply Functional Decomposition to Improve Efficiency of Input/Output Operations
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Design
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Performance Degradation Due to Spin-Wait Loops on Hyper-Threading Technology-Enabled Systems
Resolve Memory Conflicts in Data-Decomposition Problems
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False Sharing
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Processor Time Counter to Evaluate Threading Methodology
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Best Threading Model for You
Express Data Parallelism (with OpenMP* and Intel® Compilers) without large scale modifications to serial code
Manage Complexity when Threading a .NET Web Service Client
Managed Runtime Threading - Best Practices
Number of Logical Processors per Physical Processor
Test DLLs for Thread Safety
Transfer Control among Threads in a .NET Web Service Client
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Hyper-Threading
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Cache Block Size on Processors that Support Hyper-Threading Technology
Cache Block Size on Processors without Hyper-Threading Technology
Cache Effects on Applications Running on Hyper-Threading Technology-Enabled Processors
Effectiveness of Hyper-Threading Technology With an Application
Multi-core Introduction
Performance Issues on Hyper-Threading Technology-Enabled Systems
Processing Loads on Systems with Hyper-Threading Technology
Resolve 64K Alias Conflicts on Hyper-Threading Technology-Enabled Systems
Write-Combining Store Buffers on Hyper-Threading Technology-Enabled Systems
Reference threaded apps
(4)
Desktop search
Download manager
FTP client
XNA* game
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TopCoder* contests
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RoutePackets
StringSearch
Sudoku
Threading case studies
Threading tools
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Development of Threaded Applications
Thread Checker
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Performance optimization
Compiler
(1)
Use Intel Compilers with Intel NetBurst Microarchitecture
Execution
(7)
De-Pipelining Performance Issues on 32-Bit Intel® Architecture
Excess Riscification on the Pentium® 4 Processor
Optimize Code for the Most-Often Used Code Path
Schedule Processing Loads on Dual-Processor Systems
Source-Level Optimizations for the Pentium® M Processor
Store-Forwarding Stalls on the Pentium® 4 Processor
Unpredictable Conditional Branches on 32-Bit Intel® Architecture
Floating point
(2)
Floating-Point Performance and Vectorization
Performance Penalties for Gradual-Underflow Behavior
How-To
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Memory, cache
(14)
Align and Organize Data for Better Performance
Align Data Structures on Cache Boundaries
Cache Size on Pentium® M Processors
Cache Splits with Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 Instructions
Choose between Hardware and Software Prefetch on 32-Bit Intel® Architecture
Create Cache-Data Blocks
Data Alignment on 32-Bit Intel® Architecture
Data-Access Pattern Alignment & Contiguity on 32-Bit Intel® Architecture
Deswizzle Data from SoA Format to AoS
Latency of Floating Point-to-Integer Conversions
Optimize Prefetch on 32-Bit Intel® Architecture
Reduce the Impact of Misaligned Memory Accesses
Solve Prefetch Performance Issues
Strip Mining to Optimize Memory Use on 32-Bit Intel® Architecture
VTune
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Best Use of the Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer
Use the VTune™ Performance Analyzer to Track Down Overhead
Vtune Performance Analyzer
VTune™ Performance Analyzer to Detect Idle Time
Power efficiency
.NET Monitor Power Status
Conserve Power in Mobilized Software
Extend battery life
How-To
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Power-Aware Mobilized Windows Applications
Use Windows XP Power-Event Interception and Control
Linux Laptop Power Management
Low Power Intel® Architecture for Small Form Factor Devices: Supplemental Information
Media apps
PeekMessage Calls in Mobilized Applications
Power Consumption in Real-Time Threaded Application
Prevent System from Transitioning to Sleep Mode
Sleep/Wake transitions
Processor feature detection
Associate Logical Processors to Physical Processors
Backward Compatibility of an Application
Characteristics of 32-Bit IA Processors
Feature detection API
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Backward Compatibility of an Application
Multi-core detect
Pentium M Processor
Processor Supports of Hyper-Threading Technology
Retrieve the Processor APIC ID
Software Certification
Certified Solutions Program
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How do I contact Technical Support?
VT - Virtualization
Digital home
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‘Appliance’ Model in the Digital Home
Digital Home Security with VT
Expand Digital Home Functionality with VT
Digital office
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Implement Intel VT on Digital Office Desktops
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Digital Office
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Implement Intel® VT in the Digital Office
Implement on Digital Office Servers
Investigate the Intel® Virtualization Technology Ecosystem
Incorporate VT with IA-32 Architecture
Incorporate VT with Itanium Architecture
Investigate the Intel® Virtualization Technology Ecosystem
Limitations of Software-Based VT
Network Interface Card (NIC) Requirements
Software Requirements for a VMware VT Solution
Software-Based Virtualization
Technical Information about Intel VT
Usage models
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Benefits of Intel VT
Develop Usage Models for Intel® VT
Hardware Total Cost of Ownership with VT
Hide Hardware Complexity
Innovative usage models
Mobile Productivity with VT
Non-Hardware Costs with VT
Scale Large Compute Problems to Multiple Computers Using VT
Set Goals for VT
Simplify PC Updates
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