Intel and AMD publish programming guides that would help you producing more optimized code. Then there are some aspects that compilers might not optimize a lot

Intel and AMD publish programming guides that would help you producing more optimized code. Then there are some aspects that compilers might not optimize a lot for. I like this guide: http://www.farbrausch.com/~fg/seminars/lightspeed_download.pdf http://www.farbrausch.com/~fg/seminars/lightspeed_download.p... It's old, dated, whatever you want, but covers the basics. edit: it seems that link got the "HN hug of death".