Itanium Architecture for Programmers: Understanding 64-Bit Processors and EPIC Principles

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Itanium Architecture for Programmers: Understanding 64-Bit Processors and EPIC Principles ISBN  0131013726 Release Date  02 May 2003 Category  Computer Engineering Tags  processor,   pic,   itanium,   architecture,   processors,   arm processor,   epic,   understanding,   pentium processor,   dsp processor,   programmers dictionary,   digital signal processor,   computer architecture,   principle,   64-bit,   dsp processor fundamentals:,   principles telecommunications,   process,   pic microcontroller,   131013726,   This book @Amazon  View Tools Google Search Web flazx.com

Description Step-by-step guide to assembly language for the 64-bit Itanium processors, with extensive examples Details of Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (EPIC): Instruction set, addressing, register stack engine, predication, I/O, procedure calls, floating-point operations, and more Learn how to comprehend and optimize open source, Intel, and HP-UX compiler output Understand the full power of 64-bit Itanium EPIC processors Itanium Architecture for Programmers is a comprehensive introduction to the breakthrough capabilities of the new 64-bit Itanium architecture. Using standard command-line tools and extensive examples, the authors illuminate the Itanium design within the broader context of contemporary computer architecture via a step-by-step investigation of Itanium assembly language. Coverage includes: The potential of Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (EPIC) Itanium instruction formats and addressing modes Innovations such as the register stack engine (RSE) and extensive predication Procedure calls and procedure-calling mechanisms Floating-point operations I/O techniques, from simple debugging to the use of files Optimization of output from open source, Intel, and HP-UX compilers An essential resource for both computing professionals and students of architecture or assembly language, Itanium Architecture for Programmers includes extensive printed and Web-based references, plus many numeric, essay, and programming exercises for each chapter. Other books on Computer Engineering The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer Unifying Perspectives in Computational and Robot Vision (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering) Programming 32-bit Microcontrollers in C: Exploring the PIC32 (Embedded Technology) Advanced PIC Microcontroller Projects in C: From USB to RTOS with the PIC 18F Series Discrete-Signal Analysis and Design VHDL 2008: Just the New Stuff (Systems on Silicon) Digital Systems and Applications (The Computer Engineering Handbook, Second Edition) Digital Design and Fabrication Creating Assertion-Based IP (Series on Integrated Circuits and Systems) System-on-Chip Test Architectures (Systems on Silicon) Unique Chips and Systems (Computer Engineering Series) Programming and Customizing the PIC Microcontroller (Tab Electronics) Designing Embedded Processors: A Low Power Perspective Practical Embedded Security: Building Secure Resource-Constrained Systems (Embedded Technology) Principles of Modern Digital Design