Glossary
μarch See microarchitecture.
μop See micro-op.
A0 stepping Stepping numbers are essentially version numbers. A0 was the first realization of the Knights Landing. The A0 stepping of Knights Landing was not available for sale. A0 was followed by a B0 stepping. Fig. 2.5 shares some A0 results, and all other performance data in this book uses preproduction B0 parts.
ACPI See Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification.
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification (ACPI) Well-defined interfaces to power management and configuration interfaces.
Advanced Vector Extensions SIMD instructions originally in 256-bit versions (AVX, AVX2) and now in 512-bit versions with Knights Landing and future processors, see Chapters ...
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