• DocumentCode
    1290322
  • Title

    PC software performance tuning

  • Author

    Atkins, Mark ; Subramaniam, Ramesh

  • Author_Institution
    Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA, USA
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    8/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    47
  • Lastpage
    54
  • Abstract
    PC software has not kept pace with the hardware it runs on. Sluggish software often stems from programmers´ reluctance to profile code unless it runs “too slowly.” This article describes some programming tricks and a new tool for tuning code running on Intel-based PCs
  • Keywords
    microcomputers; programming; software performance evaluation; software tools; Intel-based personal computers; hardware performance; personal computer software; programming; software performance tuning; software tool; Clocks; Graphics; Hardware; Optimizing compilers; Personal communication networks; Pipeline processing; Registers; Reluctance generators; Software performance; Software tools;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/2.532045
  • Filename
    532045