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@ -12,18 +12,18 @@ Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book Special Edition
- [The Human Element of Code
Optimization](01-01.html#Heading2)
- [Understanding High Performance](01-01.html#Heading3)
- [When Fast Isn’t Fast](01-01.html#Heading4)
- [When Fast Isn't Fast](01-01.html#Heading4)
- [Rules for Building High-Performance
Code](01-02.html#Heading5)
- [Know Where You’re Going](01-02.html#Heading6)
- [Know Where You're Going](01-02.html#Heading6)
- [Make a Big Map](01-02.html#Heading7)
- [Make Lots of Little Maps](01-02.html#Heading8)
- [Know the Territory](01-03.html#Heading9)
- [Know When It Matters](01-04.html#Heading10)
- [Always Consider the Alternatives](01-04.html#Heading11)
- [Know How to Turn On the Juice](01-05.html#Heading12)
- [Where We’ve Been, What We’ve Seen](01-06.html#Heading13)
- [Where We’re Going](01-06.html#Heading14)
- [Where We've Been, What We've Seen](01-06.html#Heading13)
- [Where We're Going](01-06.html#Heading14)
2. [Chapter 2—A World Apart](02-01.html#Heading1)
- [The Unique Nature of Assembly Language
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Performance](04-01.html#Heading2)
- [Cycle-Eaters](04-01.html#Heading3)
- [The Nature of Cycle-Eaters](04-01.html#Heading4)
- [The 8088’s Ancestral Cycle-Eaters](04-01.html#Heading5)
- [The 8088's Ancestral Cycle-Eaters](04-01.html#Heading5)
- [The 8-Bit Bus Cycle-Eater](04-01.html#Heading6)
- [The Impact of the 8-Bit Bus
Cycle-Eater](04-02.html#Heading7)
@ -133,10 +133,10 @@ Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book Special Edition
8. [Chapter 8—Speeding Up C with Assembly
Language](08-01.html#Heading1)
- [Jumping Languages When You Know It’ll
- [Jumping Languages When You Know It'll
Help](08-01.html#Heading2)
- [Billy, Don’t Be a Compiler](08-01.html#Heading3)
- [Don’t Call Your Functions on Me, Baby](08-01.html#Heading4)
- [Billy, Don't Be a Compiler](08-01.html#Heading3)
- [Don't Call Your Functions on Me, Baby](08-01.html#Heading4)
- [Stack Frames Slow So Much](08-02.html#Heading5)
- [Torn Between Two Segments](08-02.html#Heading6)
- [Why Speeding Up Is Hard to Do](08-02.html#Heading7)
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- [POPF and the 286](11-07.html#Heading17)
12. [Chapter 12—Pushing the 486](12-01.html#Heading1)
- [It’s Not Just a Bigger 386](12-01.html#Heading2)
- [It's Not Just a Bigger 386](12-01.html#Heading2)
- [Enter the 486](12-01.html#Heading3)
- [Rules to Optimize By](12-01.html#Heading4)
- [The Hazards of Indexed Addressing](12-01.html#Heading5)
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- [Circular Lists](15-03.html#Heading5)
- [Hi/Lo in 24 Bytes](15-04.html#Heading6)
16. [Chapter 16—There Ain’t No Such Thing as the Fastest
16. [Chapter 16—There Ain't No Such Thing as the Fastest
Code](16-01.html#Heading1)
- [Lessons Learned in the Pursuit of the Ultimate Word
Counter](16-01.html#Heading2)
@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book Special Edition
17. [Chapter 17—The Game of Life](17-01.html#Heading1)
- [The Triumph of Algorithmic Optimization in a Cellular
Automata Game](17-01.html#Heading2)
- [Conway’s Game](17-01.html#Heading3)
- [Conway's Game](17-01.html#Heading3)
- [The Rules of the Game](17-01.html#Heading4)
- [Where Does the Time Go?](17-03.html#Heading5)
- [The Hazards and Advantages of
@ -270,13 +270,13 @@ Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book Special Edition
- [Acting on What We Know](17-06.html#Heading10)
- [The Challenge That Ate My Life](17-08.html#Heading11)
18. [Chapter 18—It’s a plain Wonderful Life](18-01.html#Heading1)
18. [Chapter 18—It's a plain Wonderful Life](18-01.html#Heading1)
- [Optimization beyond the Pale](18-01.html#Heading2)
- [Breaking the Rules](18-01.html#Heading3)
- [Table-Driven Magic](18-02.html#Heading4)
- [Keeping Track of Change with a Change
List](18-04.html#Heading5)
- [A Layperson’s Overview of QLIFE](18-05.html#Heading6)
- [A Layperson's Overview of QLIFE](18-05.html#Heading6)
19. [Chapter 19—Pentium: Not the Same Old Song](19-01.html#Heading1)
- [Learning a Whole Different Set of Optimization
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- [Going Superscalar](19-04.html#Heading11)
20. [Chapter 20—Pentium Rules](20-01.html#Heading1)
- [How Your Carbon-Based Optimizer Can Put the “Super” in
- [How Your Carbon-Based Optimizer Can Put the "Super" in
Superscalar](20-01.html#Heading2)
- [An Instruction in Every Pipe](20-01.html#Heading3)
- [V-Pipe-Capable Instructions](20-02.html#Heading4)
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- [Superscalar Notes](20-04.html#Heading6)
- [Register Starvation](20-04.html#Heading7)
21. [Chapter 21—Unleashing the Pentium’s
21. [Chapter 21—Unleashing the Pentium's
V-Pipe](21-01.html#Heading1)
- [Focusing on Keeping Both Pentium Pipes
Full](21-01.html#Heading2)
- [Address Generation Interlocks](21-01.html#Heading3)
- [Register Contention](21-02.html#Heading4)
- [Exceptions to Register Contention](21-02.html#Heading5)
- [Who’s in First?](21-02.html#Heading6)
- [Who's in First?](21-02.html#Heading6)
- [Pentium Optimization in Action](21-03.html#Heading7)
- [A Quick Note on the 386 and 486](21-05.html#Heading8)
22. [Chapter 22—Zenning and the Flexible Mind](22-01.html#Heading1)
- [Taking a Spin through What You’ve
- [Taking a Spin through What You've
Learned](22-01.html#Heading2)
- [Zenning](22-01.html#Heading3)
@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book Special Edition
Mechanisms](25-01.html#Heading2)
- [VGA Data Rotation](25-01.html#Heading3)
- [The Bit Mask](25-01.html#Heading4)
- [The VGA’s Set/Reset Circuitry](25-03.html#Heading5)
- [The VGA's Set/Reset Circuitry](25-03.html#Heading5)
- [Setting All Planes to a Single
Color](25-04.html#Heading6)
- [Manipulating Planes Individually](25-05.html#Heading7)
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- [Write Mode 2, Chunky Bitmaps,and Text-Graphics
Coexistence](27-01.html#Heading2)
- [Write Mode 2 and Set/Reset](27-01.html#Heading3)
- [A Byte’s Progress in Write Mode 2](27-01.html#Heading4)
- [A Byte's Progress in Write Mode 2](27-01.html#Heading4)
- [Copying Chunky Bitmaps to VGA Memory Using Write Mode
2](27-02.html#Heading5)
- [Drawing Color-Patterned Lines Using Write Mode
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Back](27-04.html#Heading9)
28. [Chapter 28—Reading VGA Memory](28-01.html#Heading1)
- [Read Modes 0 and 1, and the Color Don’t Care
- [Read Modes 0 and 1, and the Color Don't Care
Register](28-01.html#Heading2)
- [Read Mode 0](28-01.html#Heading3)
- [Read Mode 1](28-03.html#Heading4)
- [When all Planes “Don’t Care”](28-04.html#Heading5)
- [When all Planes "Don't Care"](28-04.html#Heading5)
29. [Chapter 29—Saving Screens and Other VGA
Mysteries](29-01.html#Heading1)
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EGA and VGA](30-01.html#Heading2)
- [How the Split Screen Works](30-01.html#Heading3)
- [The Split Screen in Action](30-01.html#Heading4)
- [VGA and EGA Split-Screen Operation Don’t
- [VGA and EGA Split-Screen Operation Don't
Mix](30-03.html#Heading5)
- [Setting the Split-Screen-Related
Registers](30-03.html#Heading6)
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32. [Chapter 32—Be It Resolved: 360x480](32-01.html#Heading1)
- [Taking 256-Color Modes About as Far as the Standard VGA Can
Take Them](32-01.html#Heading2)
- [Extended 256-Color Modes: What’s Not to
- [Extended 256-Color Modes: What's Not to
Like?](32-01.html#Heading3)
- [360x480 256-Color Mode](32-01.html#Heading4)
- [How 360x480 256-Color Mode Works](32-04.html#Heading5)
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- [256-Color Mode](33-02.html#Heading7)
- [Setting the Palette RAM](33-02.html#Heading8)
- [Setting the DAC](33-03.html#Heading9)
- [If You Can’t Call the BIOS, Who Ya Gonna
- [If You Can't Call the BIOS, Who Ya Gonna
Call?](33-03.html#Heading10)
- [An Example of Setting the DAC](33-03.html#Heading11)
@ -462,17 +462,17 @@ Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book Special Edition
35. [Chapter 35—Bresenham Is Fast, and Fast Is
Good](35-01.html#Heading1)
- [Implementing and Optimizing Bresenham’s Line-Drawing
- [Implementing and Optimizing Bresenham's Line-Drawing
Algorithm](35-01.html#Heading2)
- [The Task at Hand](35-01.html#Heading3)
- [Bresenham’s Line-Drawing Algorithm](35-01.html#Heading4)
- [Bresenham's Line-Drawing Algorithm](35-01.html#Heading4)
- [Strengths and Weaknesses](35-02.html#Heading5)
- [An Implementation in C](35-03.html#Heading6)
- [Looking at EVGALine](35-04.html#Heading7)
- [Drawing Each Line](35-05.html#Heading8)
- [Drawing Each Pixel](35-05.html#Heading9)
- [Comments on the C Implementation](35-06.html#Heading10)
- [Bresenham’s Algorithm in Assembly](35-06.html#Heading11)
- [Bresenham's Algorithm in Assembly](35-06.html#Heading11)
36. [Chapter 36—The Good, the Bad, and the
Run-Sliced](36-01.html#Heading1)
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Structure](41-01.html#Heading2)
- [Nomenclature in Action](41-01.html#Heading3)
42. [Chapter 42—Wu’ed in Haste; Fried, Stewed at
42. [Chapter 42—Wu'ed in Haste; Fried, Stewed at
Leisure](42-01.html#Heading1)
- [Fast Antialiased Lines Using Wu’s
- [Fast Antialiased Lines Using Wu's
Algorithm](42-01.html#Heading2)
- [Wu Antialiasing](42-01.html#Heading3)
- [Tracing and Intensity in One](42-02.html#Heading4)
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- [Drawing Order and Visual Quality](46-03.html#Heading7)
47. [Chapter 47—Mode X: 256-Color VGA Magic](47-01.html#Heading1)
- [Introducing the VGA’s Undocumented “Animation-Optimal”
- [Introducing the VGA's Undocumented "Animation-Optimal"
Mode](47-01.html#Heading2)
- [What Makes Mode X Special?](47-01.html#Heading3)
- [Selecting 320x240 256-Color Mode](47-02.html#Heading4)
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Quarter](47-06.html#Heading6)
48. [Chapter 48—Mode X Marks the Latch](48-01.html#Heading1)
- [The Internals of Animation’s Best Video Display
- [The Internals of Animation's Best Video Display
Mode](48-01.html#Heading2)
- [Allocating Memory in Mode X](48-03.html#Heading3)
- [Copying Pixel Blocks within Display
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X-Sharp](52-01.html#Heading1)
- [The First Iteration of a Generalized 3-D Animation
Package](52-01.html#Heading2)
- [This Chapter’s Demo Program](52-01.html#Heading3)
- [This Chapter's Demo Program](52-01.html#Heading3)
- [A New Animation Framework: X-Sharp](52-07.html#Heading4)
- [Three Keys to Realtime Animation
Performance](52-07.html#Heading5)
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55. [Chapter 55—Color Modeling in 256-Color
Mode](55-01.html#Heading1)
- [Pondering X-Sharp’s Color Model in an RGB State of
- [Pondering X-Sharp's Color Model in an RGB State of
Mind](55-01.html#Heading2)
- [A Color Model](55-01.html#Heading3)
- [A Bonus from the BitMan](55-03.html#Heading4)
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Polygons](57-02.html#Heading6)
- [Fast Texture Mapping](57-02.html#Heading7)
58. [Chapter 58—Heinlein’s Crystal Ball, Spock’s Brain, and the
58. [Chapter 58—Heinlein's Crystal Ball, Spock's Brain, and the
9-Cycle Dare](58-01.html#Heading1)
- [Using the Whole-Brain Approach to Accelerate Texture
Mapping](58-01.html#Heading2)
- [Texture Mapping Redux](58-01.html#Heading3)
- [Left-Brain Optimization](58-01.html#Heading4)
- [A 90-Degree Shift in Perspective](58-02.html#Heading5)
- [That’s Nice—But it Sure as Heck Ain’t 9
- [That's Nice—But it Sure as Heck Ain't 9
Cycles](58-03.html#Heading6)
- [Don’t Stop Thinking about Those
- [Don't Stop Thinking about Those
Cycles](58-04.html#Heading7)
- [Texture Mapping Notes](58-05.html#Heading8)
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3-D](63-01.html#Heading1)
- [Knowing When to Hurl Conventional Math Wisdom Out the
Window](63-01.html#Heading2)
- [Not Your Father’s Floating-Point](63-01.html#Heading3)
- [Not Your Father's Floating-Point](63-01.html#Heading3)
- [Pentium Floating-Point Optimization](63-01.html#Heading4)
- [Pipelining, Latency, and
Throughput](63-02.html#Heading5)
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- [Rounding Control](63-04.html#Heading11)
- [A Farewell to 3-D Fixed-Point](63-04.html#Heading12)
64. [Chapter 64—Quake’s Visible-Surface
64. [Chapter 64—Quake's Visible-Surface
Determination](64-01.html#Heading1)
- [The Challenge of Separating All Things Seen from All Things
Unseen](64-01.html#Heading2)
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65. [Chapter 65—3-D Clipping and Other
Thoughts](65-01.html#Heading1)
- [Determining What’s Inside Your Field of
- [Determining What's Inside Your Field of
View](65-01.html#Heading2)
- [3-D Clipping Basics](65-01.html#Heading3)
- [Intersecting a Line Segment with a
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- [Advantages of Viewspace Clipping](65-04.html#Heading8)
- [Further Reading](65-04.html#Heading9)
66. [Chapter 66—Quake’s Hidden-Surface Removal](66-01.html#Heading1)
66. [Chapter 66—Quake's Hidden-Surface Removal](66-01.html#Heading1)
- [Struggling with Z-Order Solutions to the Hidden Surface
Problem](66-01.html#Heading2)
- [Creative Flux and Hidden Surfaces](66-01.html#Heading3)
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- [1/z Span Sorting in Action](67-03.html#Heading8)
- [Implementation Notes](67-05.html#Heading9)
68. [Chapter 68—Quake’s Lighting Model](68-01.html#Heading1)
68. [Chapter 68—Quake's Lighting Model](68-01.html#Heading1)
- [A Radically Different Approach to Lighting
Polygons](68-01.html#Heading2)
- [The Lighting Conundrum](68-01.html#Heading3)
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- [Two Final Notes on Surface
Caching](68-04.html#Heading12)
69. [Chapter 69—Surface Caching and Quake’s Triangle
69. [Chapter 69—Surface Caching and Quake's Triangle
Models](69-01.html#Heading1)
- [Probing Hardware-Assisted Surfaces and Fast Model Animation
Without Sprites](69-01.html#Heading2)
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- [Drawing Triangle Models Fast](69-02.html#Heading7)
- [Trading Subpixel Precision for
Speed](69-03.html#Heading8)
- [An Idea that Didn’t Work](69-03.html#Heading9)
- [An Idea that Didn't Work](69-03.html#Heading9)
- [An Idea that Did Work](69-03.html#Heading10)
- [More Ideas that Might Work](69-04.html#Heading11)
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Future](70-01.html#Heading1)
- [Preprocessing the World](70-01.html#Heading2)
- [The Potentially Visible Set (PVS)](70-02.html#Heading3)
- [Passages: The Last-Minute Change that Didn’t
- [Passages: The Last-Minute Change that Didn't
Happen](70-03.html#Heading4)
- [Drawing the World](70-03.html#Heading5)
- [Rasterization](70-04.html#Heading6)