SIMD Programming Manual for Linux and Windows

AvPaul Cockshott,Kenneth Renfrew

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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The book is intended as a programmer's introduction to the use of SIMD on PCs. It presents the underlying technology of SIMD processing on current PCs and looks at tools to exploit this including the Intel SIMD library and the Parallel Processing Language Vector Pascal. It explains how to cast algorithms in parallel to exploit the parallel processing capability of standard PCs obtaining large performance gains relative to conventional sequential compilers. It assumes a familiarity with imperative programming but not specifically with Pascal. It does not assume any prior familiarity with the SIMD programming model. The language translation system will be available either as a downloadable for Linux or Windows in association with the book. This book will be particularly useful for programmers in the rapidly growing area of games and multi-media entertainment, and it would also to academics interested in parallel programming techniques or array programming languages.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-10-22
Mått:178 x 254 x 21 mm
Vikt:713 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Springer Professional Computing
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:Springer London Ltd
ISBN:9781849969208

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"Any scientist or engineer having to analyze any volume of data should read this book. The streaming extensions on today's CPUs come to life with the code that is presented clearly and concisely, and your applications will learn to fly. Thumbs up for Paul Cockshott and Keith Renfrew." Patrick Van Laake, Ph.D. Equator Spatial Technologies Endorsement for: MMX and Streaming SIMD programming Using PCs and Linux P. Cockshott & K. Renfrew, Springer, 2003 "Vector Pascal represents a major advance in enabling non-experts to exploit the byte-parallel processing capabilities of modern CPUs. Cockshott and Renfrew's succinct book provides a well-written introduction to contemporary MMX and SIMD technology, and a solid grounding in using Vector Pascal and its tools to develop substantive image processing and graphics applications." Dr Greg Michaelson Head of Computer Science Heriot-Watt University Riccarton EH14 4AS greg@macs.hw.ac.uk 0131 451 3422

Innehållsförteckning

I SIMD Programming.- 1 Computer Speed, Program Speed.- 2 SIMD Instruction-sets.- 3 SIMD Programming in Assembler and C.- 4 Intel SIMD Instructions.- 5 3DNOW Instructions.- II SIMD Programming Languages.- 6 Another Approach: Data Parallel Languages.- 7 Basics of Vector Pascal.- 8 Algorithmic Features of Vector Pascal.- 9 User-defined Types.- 10 Input and Output.- 11 Permutations and Polymorphism.- III Programming Examples.- 12 Advanced Set Programming.- 13 Parallel Image Processing.- 14 Pattern Recognition and Image Compression.- 15 3D Graphics.- IV VIPER.- 16 Introduction to VIPER.- Appendix A Compiler Porting Tools.- A.1 Dependencies.- A.2 Compiler Structure.- A.2.1 Vectorisation.- A.2.2 Porting Strategy.- A.3 ILCG.- A.4 Supported Types.- A.4.1 Data Formats.- A.4.2 Typed Formats.- A.4.3 ref Types.- A.5 Supported Operations.- A.5.1 Type Casts.- A.5.2 Arithmetic.- A.5.3 Memory.- A.5.4 Assignment.- A.5.5 Dereferencing.- A.6 Machine Description.- A.6.1 Registers.- A.6.2 Register Sets.- A.6.3 Register Arrays.- A.6.4 Register Stacks.- A.6.5 Instruction Formats.- A.7 Grammar of ILCG.- A.8 ILCG Grammar.- A.8.1 Helpers.- A.8.2 Tokens.- A.8.3 Non-terminal Symbols.- Appendix B Software Download.- Appendix C Using the Command Line Compiler.- C.1 Invoking the Compiler.- C.1.1 Environment Variable.- C.1.2 Compiler Options.- C.1.3 Dependencies.- C.2 Calling Conventions.- C.3 Array Representation.- C.3.1 Range Checking.- References.