The Complete Guide to Mmx Technology [Paperback]

David Bistry (Author), Carole Dulong (Author), Mickey Gutman (Author), Mike Julier (Author), Michael Kieth (Author), Lawrence M. Mennemeier (Author), Millind Mittal (Author), Alex D. Peleg (Author), Uri Weiser (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0070061920 | ISBN-13: 978-0070061927 | Edition: 1

Intel's new MMX TM technology--now built into every Pentium and other Intel Desktop processor--can dramatically increase the performance of multimedia applications. This unique book, written by members of the Intel MMX architecture team, makes MMX technology understandable and accessible to all readers and provides a wealth of practical advice on using MMX technology to maximum advantage--compatibility features, expanded instruction set, code examples and programming utilities on an accompanying CD-ROM, optimization guidelines, tips on using MMX tools, and techniques for MMX coding.

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From the Back Cover

Let key members of Intel's MMX architecture team show you how to boost multimedia application performance! Don't let the MMX technology revolution leave you behind! Find out how to use Intel's new MMX instruction set, now being built into every microprocessor, to vastly improve the performance of multimedia and other computer-intensive applications. This instruction set, with its advanced SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) processing, achieves maximum throughput for your data. And this is the place to learn about it. Whether you are an applications or systems programmer who will be working with MMX technology every day or an end user who is just wondering what it's all about, this first-ever guided tour to the world of MMX technology, conducted by key members of Intel's top MMX technology architecture team, will give you the knowledge you need. The authors not only explain the underlying concepts and operation of MMX in a lively and highly readable way, but they also provide a wealth of technical details on using MMX technology to maximum advantage. The book includes: a complete overview of MMX technology--design considerations, architectural guidelines, data types, and instructions; a discussion of compatibility features--aliasing, OS system invisibility, and exception structure; a description of the instruction set, with code examples and programming utilities on an accompanying CD-ROM; coding samples, optimization guidelines, and techniques for writing MMX technology code in the IA-32 environment. If you build, market, or use PC multimedia applications--3D graphics, videoconferencing, interactive video, speech recognition, animation, games, virtual reality, and more--this book can dramatically improve your understanding of MMX technology and give you the inside technical knowledge you need to achieve maximum performance.

About the Author

The authors of Complete Guide to MMX Technology are Uri Weiser (MMX technology architecture manager); David Bistry, Carole Dulong, Mickey Gutman, Lawrence M. Mennemeier, Millino Mittal, and Alex Peleg (MMX technology architects); and Michael Julier and Michael Keith (MMX applications specialists). They are based at IntelÕs sites in Santa Clara, California, Haifa, Israel, Chandler, Arizona, and Portland, Oregon.

Product Details

• Paperback: 313 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics; 1 edition (April 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070061920
• ISBN-13: 978-0070061927
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,769,463 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent as both an MMX programming tutorial and reference., September 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete Guide to Mmx Technology (Paperback)

Given this book, I was able create several MMX routines for performing high-speed bitstream compression. Each instruction is discussed in great detail with clear diagrams and examples. Useful rules are given for calculating the exact timing of MMX instruction sequences so that you can optimize the u/v pipeline pairing of instructions. An excellent choice.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thorough and clearly written, with good example programs., July 17, 1998

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This review is from: The Complete Guide to Mmx Technology (Paperback)

Most of the book is written in a expository way, but some chapters and all the appendices are useful for reference. The example MMX programs are great and the accompanying CDROM is more than worth the price of the book. One drawback is that the book needs to be updated for the Pentium Pro and Pentium II vagaries.