Popular central processing units (CPUs) for high-performance workstations and servers are made by either AMD (www.amd.com) or Intel (www.intel.com). Both are useful for general purposes. It is difficult to compare the performance of AMD and Intel CPUs because there are no absolute rules to judge CPU performance in a given system.

Chapter Contents:

• 2.1 Introduction to SSE Instructions
• 2.2 SSE in C and C++
• 2.3 SSE Programming Examples
• 2.3.1 SSE
• 2.3.2 SSE2
• 2.3.3 SSE3
• 2.3.4 SSE4
• 2.3.5 Programming examples
• 2.4 Compile and Execute SSE Code
• 2.5 VALU Implementation in the FDTD Method
• 2.5.1 Magnetic fields
• 2.5.2 Electric fields
• 2.6 AVX Instruction Set
• 2.7 VALU Performance Investigation
• 2.7.1 Hollow box benchmark
• 2.7.2 Dipole antenna
• 2.7.3 Patch antenna
• References

Inspec keywords: microprocessor chips; performance evaluation

Other keywords: AMD; high performance workstations; popular central processing units; VALU/AVX acceleration techniques; Intel CPU performance

Subjects: Performance evaluation and testing; Microprocessors and microcomputers; Microprocessor chips