Floating-Point Math and Intel® Compilers

This session focuses on the compiler’s floating-point arithmetic, which is more complicated to handle than an integer or fixed-point arithmetic. There are many performance and precision glitches that a developer can run into and compilers are not as free to optimize the code automatically. For this reason, a software developer must be more aware of the floating-point arithmetic properties to get good performance from the compiler.

Join compiler architect Andy Kaylor for deeper insights, including:

• Command-line options to control compiler behavior
• Pragmas to fine-tune controls within your code
• How the compiler selects math library function implementations
• The effect of floating-point settings on compiler optimizations
• Trade-offs between performance, accuracy, and reproducibility

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