Modern X86 Assembly Language Programming: Covers X86 64-bit, AVX, AVX2, and AVX-512

Table of Contents
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: X86-64 Core Architecture
	Historical Overview
	Data Types
		Fundamental Data Types
		Numerical Data Types
		SIMD Data Types
		Miscellaneous Data Types
	X86-64 Processor Architecture
		General-Purpose Registers
		Instruction Pointer
		RFLAGS Register
		Floating-Point and SIMD Registers
		MXCSR Register
	Instruction Operands
	Memory Addressing
	Condition Codes
	Differences Between X86-64 and X86-32
		Legacy Instruction Sets
	Summary
Chapter 2: X86-64 Core Programming – Part 1
	Source Code Overview
	Assembler Basics
	Integer Arithmetic
		Integer Addition and Subtraction – 32-Bit
		Bitwise Logical Operations
		Shift Operations
		Integer Addition and Subtraction – 64-bit
		Integer Multiplication and Division
	Summary
Chapter 3: X86-64 Core Programming – Part 2
	Simple Stack Arguments
	Mixed-Type Integer Arithmetic
	Memory Addressing Modes
	Condition Codes
	Assembly Language For-Loops
	Summary
Chapter 4: X86-64 Core Programming – Part 3
	Arrays
		One-Dimensional Arrays
		Multiple One-Dimensional Arrays
		Two-Dimensional Arrays
	Strings
		Counting Characters
		Array Compare
		Array Copy and Fill
		Array Reversal
	Assembly Language Structures
	Summary
Chapter 5: AVX Programming – Scalar Floating-Point
	Floating-Point Programming Concepts
	Scalar Floating-Point Registers
	Single-Precision Floating-Point Arithmetic
		Temperature Conversions
		Cone Volume/Surface Area Calculation
	Double-Precision Floating-Point Arithmetic
	Floating-Point Comparisons and Conversions
		Floating-Point Comparisons
		Floating-Point Conversions
	Floating-Point Arrays
	Summary
Chapter 6: Run-Time Calling Conventions
	Calling Convention Overview
	Calling Convention Requirements for Visual C++
		Stack Frames
		Using Non-volatile General-Purpose Registers
		Using Non-volatile XMM Registers
		Calling External Functions
	Calling Convention Requirements for GNU C++
		Stack Arguments
		Using Non-volatile General-Purpose Registers and Stack Frames
		Calling External Functions
	Summary
Chapter 7: Introduction to X86-AVX SIMD Programming
	SIMD Programming Concepts
		What Is SIMD?
		SIMD Integer Arithmetic
			Wraparound vs. Saturated Arithmetic
		SIMD Floating-Point Arithmetic
		SIMD Data Manipulation Operations
	X86-AVX Overview
	AVX/AVX2 SIMD Architecture Overview
		SIMD Registers
		SIMD Data Types
		Instruction Syntax
	Differences Between X86-SSE and X86-AVX
	Summary
Chapter 8: AVX Programming – Packed Integers
	Integer Arithmetic
		Addition and Subtraction
		Multiplication
		Bitwise Logical Operations
		Arithmetic and Logical Shifts
	Integer Arrays
		Pixel Minimum and Maximum
		Pixel Mean
	Summary
Chapter 9: AVX Programming – Packed Floating-Point
	Packed Floating-Point Arithmetic
		Elementary Operations
		Packed Comparisons
		Packed Conversions
	Packed Floating-Point Arithmetic – Arrays
		Mean and Standard Deviation
		Distance Calculations
	Packed Floating-Point Arithmetic – Matrices
		Column Means
	Summary
Chapter 10: AVX2 Programming – Packed Integers
	Integer Arithmetic
		Elementary Operations
		Size Promotions
	Image Processing
		Pixel Clipping
			Benchmarking
		RGB to Grayscale
		Pixel Conversions
		Image Histogram
	Summary
Chapter 11: AVX2 Programming – Packed Floating-Point – Part 1
	Floating-Point Arrays
		Least Squares
	Floating-Point Matrices
		Matrix Multiplication
			Single-Precision
			Double-Precision
		Matrix (4 × 4) Multiplication
			Single-Precision
			Double-Precision
		Matrix (4 × 4) Vector Multiplication
			Single-Precision
			Double-Precision
		Covariance Matrix
	Summary
Chapter 12: AVX2 Programming – Packed Floating-Point – Part 2
	Matrix Inversion
		Single-Precision
		Double-Precision
	Signal Processing – Convolutions
		1D Convolution Arithmetic
	1D Convolution Using Variable-Size Kernel
		Single-Precision
		Double-Precision
	1D Convolution Using Fixed-Size Kernel
		Single-Precision
		Double-Precision
	Summary
Chapter 13: AVX-512 Programming – Packed Integers
	AVX-512 Overview
		Execution Environment
		Merge Masking and Zero Masking
		Embedded Broadcasts
		Instruction-Level Rounding
	Integer Arithmetic
		Elementary Operations
		Masked Operations
	Image Processing
		Image Thresholding
		Image Statistics
		Image Histogram
	Summary
Chapter 14: AVX-512 Programming – Packed Floating-Point – Part 1
	Floating-Point Arithmetic
		Elementary Operations
		Packed Comparisons
	Floating-Point Arrays
	Floating-Point Matrices
		Covariance Matrix
		Matrix Multiplication
			Single-Precision
			Double-Precision
		Matrix (4 × 4) Vector Multiplication
			Single-Precision
			Double-Precision
	Summary
Chapter 15: AVX-512 Programming – Packed Floating-Point – Part 2
	Signal Processing
		1D Convolution Using Variable-Size Kernel
			Single-Precision
			Double-Precision
		1D Convolution Using Fixed-Size Kernel
			Single-Precision
			Double-Precision
	Summary
Chapter 16: Advanced Assembly Language Programming
	CPUID Instruction
		Processor Vendor Information
		X86-AVX Detection
	Non-temporal Memory Stores
		Integer Non-temporal Memory Stores
		Floating-Point Non-temporal Memory Stores
	SIMD Text Processing
	Summary
Chapter 17: Assembly Language Optimization and Development Guidelines
	Assembly Language Optimization Guidelines
		Basic Techniques
		Floating-Point Arithmetic
		Branch Instructions
			Branch Prediction Unit
		Data Alignment
		SIMD Techniques
	Assembly Language Development Guidelines
		Identify Functions for x86-64 Assembly Language Coding
		Select Target x86-AVX Instruction Set
		Establish Benchmark Timing Objectives
		Code x86-64 Assembly Language Functions
		Benchmark x86-64 Assembly Language Code
		Optimize x86-64 Assembly Language Code
		Repeat Benchmarking and Optimization Steps
	Summary
Appendix A: Source Code and Development Tools
	Source Code Download and Setup
	Source Code Development Tools
		Windows Development Tools
			Running a Source Code Example
			Creating a Visual Studio C++ Project
				Create a C++ Project
				Add an Assembly Language File
				Set Project Properties
				Edit the Source Code
				Build and Run the Project
		Linux Development Tools
			Additional Configuration
			Build and Run
			Make Utility
Appendix B: References and Resources
	X86 Assembly Language Programming References
	Algorithm References
	C++ References
	Software Development Tools
	Miscellaneous Utilities, Tools, and Libraries
Index