The Graphics Programming Black Book

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non-fiction book technical book

The Graphics Programming Black Book is a highly regarded collection of Michael Abrash’s writings on low-level graphics, performance optimization, and game programming, especially in the DOS and early PC era.

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Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book 1
The Graphics Programming Black Book canonical 1
The Graphics Programming Black Book: Special Edition 1

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instanceOf non-fiction book ⓘ
technical book ⓘ
author Michael Abrash NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Michael Abrash conference papers ⓘ
Michael Abrash magazine columns NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coversTopic 3D graphics fundamentals ⓘ
C language optimization ⓘ
CPU cache behavior ⓘ
VGA programming ⓘ
assembly language optimization ⓘ
game engine inner loops ⓘ
memory access patterns ⓘ
mode X graphics ⓘ
performance tuning techniques ⓘ
polygon rendering ⓘ
profiling and performance measurement ⓘ
software rendering ⓘ
focusesOn DOS era programming ⓘ
PC graphics ⓘ
early PC hardware ⓘ
hasFormat digital edition ⓘ
print book ⓘ
hasPart Graphics Programming Black Book articles ⓘ
Zen of Code Optimization NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zen of Graphics Programming NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReputation classic reference in graphics programming ⓘ
highly regarded among low-level programmers ⓘ
influenced PC game developers ⓘ
graphics programming education ⓘ
intendedAudience game developers ⓘ
graphics programmers ⓘ
systems programmers ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
mainSubject game programming ⓘ
graphics programming ⓘ
low-level programming ⓘ
performance optimization ⓘ
notableFor detailed low-level explanations ⓘ
historical perspective on PC graphics ⓘ
practical optimization examples ⓘ
publicationYear 1997 ⓘ
publisher Coriolis Group Books NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodCovered DOS era ⓘ
early 1990s PC games ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book