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Third Edition
By
Alpha Architecture Committee, The membership of this committee represents all the computer engineering disciplines at Compaq Computer Corporation.
Description
Alpha Architecture Reference Manual, Third Edition is the authoritative reference on the definition of Alpha architecture. Revised by
the Alpha Architecture Committee, this book contains a complete description of the common architecture required of all implementations
and describes the interfaces to support the Windows NT, Digital UNIX, and OpenVMS operating systems.
The third edition reflects the
latest implementations of the architecture, including the 21164A, 21164PC, and 21264. Some of the extensions to the architecture and
the enhancement to the technical content include: new byte and word load, store and sign-extend operations; new multimedia instructions;
new population enumeration and floating-point square root instructions; new instructions to improve data cache efficiency and updated
Windows NT section.
The Alpha chip is the fastest chip on the marketplace today. It runs Windows NT, UNIX and OpenVMS operating systems.
New base-level server configurations provide four times the memory of current systems.
Audience
Computer engineers
Contents
Part 1: Common Architecture; Introduction; Basic Architecture; Instruction Formats; Instruction Descriptions; System Architecture and
Progrmming Implications; Common PALcode Architecture; Console Subsystem Overview; Input/Output Overview; * Part 2: Specific Operating
System PALcode Architecture; A. OpenVMS Alpha Software; B. Digital UNIX Software; C. Windows NT Alpha Software; Part 3: Console Interface
Architecture
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Paperback, 952 pages, publication date: APR-1998
ISBN-13: 978-1-55558-202-9
ISBN-10: 1-55558-202-8
Imprint: DIGITAL PRESS
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