Power and Performance

Index

Note: Page numbers followed by f indicate figures and t indicate tables.

A

ABI  See Application Binary Interface (ABI)

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface(ACPI) specification 

AML interpreter 44

C state 46–48

definition 44

EIST 45

P states 45–46

T states 44–45

Apitrace 185–187, 186f, 187f

Application Binary Interface (ABI) 

calling conventions 215–216

definition 214

natural alignment 215

Array of structures (AOS) 267–269

Asymmetric mode 50

B

BIU  See Bus interface unit (BIU)

blk tracer 171–174, 172t

Branching 

CC instruction 243–244, 245

CMP instruction 245

conditional branch 239

JCC instruction 243–244, 245

masks 241, 242

optional code 241

prediction accuracy 240–241

profile guided optimization 246–247

shift instructions 242 ...