Processor architecture, instruction execution, memory hierarchy, x86-64, ARM, and RISC-V.
CPU & ArchitectureA focused technical guide to Intel x86 64 Instruction Set Quick Reference, covering Intel x86-64 Instruction Set Quick Reference Prepared by Ayman Alheraki simplifycpp.org March 2025 Contents Contents 2 Author’s Note 7 1 Registers & Flags 1
CPU & ArchitectureA focused technical guide to GPU Programming on Windows 11, covering Introduction and Introduction to the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) and its Role in Modern Programming.
CPU & ArchitectureA focused technical guide to GPU Programming on Apple Silicon, covering Introduction and Performance per Watt.
CPU & ArchitectureA focused technical guide to CPU 9 x86 64 System V ABI, covering Introduction to the System V AMD64 ABI and Overview of x86-64 GPRs.
CPU & ArchitectureA focused technical guide to CPU 8 Windows x64 ABI, covering Writing ABI-Correct Code and Safe Rules for Cross-ABI Development.
CPU & ArchitectureA focused technical guide to CPU 7 IA 32 Assembly in Practice, covering Overview of Common IA-32 ABIs and Compiler-Specific Variations.
CPU & ArchitectureA focused technical guide to CPU 6 x86 Control Flow in Depth, covering What “Control Flow” Really Means at the CPU Level and Sequential Execution vs Flow Redirection.
CPU & ArchitectureA focused technical guide to CPU 5 x86 Architecture Fundamentals, covering Memory Operands: Reading and Writing Correctly and Memory Is Not a Register.
CPU & ArchitectureA focused technical guide to CPU 4 Memory Caches and the Cost of Access, covering Memory, Caches, and the Cost of Access and Performance as a Data-Movement Problem.