Title :
PC software performance tuning
Author :
Atkins, Mark ; Subramaniam, Ramesh
Author_Institution :
Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA, USA
fDate :
8/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
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;
