Introducing software developers to Intel's newest innovation, Intel Hyper-Threading technology, this book demonstrates this level of threading technology that has never been seen before in a general-purpose microprocessor. Shown is how Hyper-Threading technology, processor-level threading can be utilized to offers more efficient use of processor resources for greater parallelism and improved performance on today's multi-threaded software. Provided is an overview and the technical details of Hyper-Threading technology as well as lessons on how to thread an application, use efficient multitasking, and optimize for general chip and platform architectures. Also covered is how to use the Intel Treading Toolkit and perform processor-specific analysis and optimization. The companion CD-ROM contains threading and optimization tools, code samples, and technical documentation on Hyper-Threading technology.
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"This book is great. Everyone associated with this topic should read it." -- Boris Dukendjiev, Software Design Engineer, Microsoft Corporation
"This book is very, very useful. The author provides deep insight into hyper-threading that I can immediately use..." -- Jia Yicheng, Software Engineer, GEMS
"[C]omprehensive and filled with illustrative examples about parallel programming." -- Oleksiy Danikhno, development director, A4Vision, Inc.
"This book is very, very useful. The author provides deep insight into hyper-threading that I can immediately use..." -- Jia Yicheng, Software Engineer, GEMS
"[C]omprehensive and filled with illustrative examples about parallel programming." -- Oleksiy Danikhno, development director, A4Vision, Inc.
About the Author
Richard Gerber has worked on numerous multimedia projects, 3D libraries, and computer games for Intel. As a software engineer, he worked on the Intel VTune™ Performance Analyzer and led training sessions on optimization techniques. He is the author of The Software Optimization Cookbook.
Andrew Binstock is the principal analyst at Pacific Data Works and the middleware columnist for SD Times. Previously, he was a senior technology manager at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, where he oversaw the technology forecasting for the firm's clients and was editor in chief of UNIX Review. He is also author of Practical Algorithms for Programmers.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Dishonest title, mediocre content,
This review is from: Programming with Hyper-Threading Technology: How to Write Multithreaded Software for Intel IA-32 Processors (Engineer to Engineer series) (Paperback)
This book has nothing to do with hyperthreading whatsoever -- nor, as far as I can see, is it particularly specific to Intel processors. The real title would read something like "A fleet-footed and largely superfluous overview of the basics of multithreading using Windows and Unix API". Had _that_ been the title, I would have given this book three stars -- it's superfluous, but that aside, OK. But the title is a complete lie, I'm sure intended to make the book look enticing (especially coming from Intel Press, where you'd expect (1) a book to have something to do with their hardware, and (2) an opportunity to take good info from "the horse's mouth" as it were). None of it here: one star (as the lowest I can give).
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good cross-platform introduction to threading,
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This review is from: Programming with Hyper-Threading Technology: How to Write Multithreaded Software for Intel IA-32 Processors (Engineer to Engineer series) (Paperback)
A very readable introduction to multi-threading on Windows, PThreads and OpenMP, with a slant towards their use on hyper-threading processors. This book isn't a reference work for any of the three methods, and it stops short on some topics where it would be nice for it to go a bit further, but it is a good introduction to all three platforms and general threading matters, and is far more readable than some other multi-threading books which are either written by people who cannot write, or are written by academics with no experience of writing professional quality code. So all in all, a very good place to start but realise that you will need reference material for the APIs too.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Comprehensive coverage--great detail,
By JK Oregon (California, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Programming with Hyper-Threading Technology: How to Write Multithreaded Software for Intel IA-32 Processors (Engineer to Engineer series) (Paperback)
About the only source I have seen that 1) explains the details of HT, 2) relates HT to threading and discusses how to effectively use the latter with HT, and 3) how to optimize code intended for HT. The article the previous reviewer refers to touches only on the first point of these points. Optimization for HT is discussed only in this book that I know of.
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