Optimizing for Performance

use performance analysis to begin the optimization process

• Optimizing with Intel® Compilers

• Using a Performance Enhancement Methodology

• Intel® Performance Analysis Tools and Libraries

• Performance Enhancement Strategies

optimize for speed or a specific architecture

• Enabling Automatic Optimizations

• Targeting IA-32 and Intel® 64 Architecture Processors Automatically

• Targeting Multiple IA-32 and Intel® 64 Architecture Processors for Run-time Performance

• Targeting IA-64 Architecture Processors Automatically

create parallel programs or parallelize existing programs

• Using Parallelism

• Automatic Vectorization Overview

• OpenMP* Support Overview

• Auto-parallelization Overview

use Interprocedural Optimization

• Using IPO

• IPO for Large Programs

• Interprocedural Optimization (IPO) Quick Reference

create application profiles to help optimization

• Profile an Application

• Profile-Guided Optimization (PGO) Quick Reference

• profmerge and proforder Tools

• PGO API and environment variables

generate reports on compiler optimizations

• Generating Reports

• Compiler Reports Quick Reference

optimize loops, arrays, and data layout

• High-level Optimization (HLO) Overview

use programming strategies to improve performance

• Setting Data Type and Alignment

• Using Arrays Efficiently

• Improving I/O Performance

• Improving Run-time Efficiency

• Using Intrinsics for IA-64 architecture based Systems

• Coding Guidelines for Intel Architectures