Alpha Architecture Reference Manual (HP Technologies)

This is the authoritative reference on Digital Equipment Corporation's new 64-bit RISC Alpha architecture. Written by the designers of the internal Digital specifications, this book contains complete descriptions of the common architecture required for all implementations and the interfaces required to support the OSF/1 and OpenVMS operating systems. Content: Front Matter, Page iii Copyright, Page iv Foreword, Pages vii-viii Preface, Pages ix-xii A Note on the Structure of This Book, Page xiii Introduction to Common Architecture, Page i Chapter 1 - Introduction (I), Pages 1-1-1-9 Chapter 2 - Basic Architecture (I), Pages 2-1-2-13 Chapter 3 - Instruction Formats (I), Pages 3-1-3-13 Chapter 4 - Instruction Descriptions (I), Pages 4-1-4-122 Chapter 5 - System Architecture and Programming Implications (I), Pages 5-1-5-21 Chapter 6 - Common PALcode Architecture (I), Pages 6-1-6-7 Chapter 7 - Console Subsystem Overview (I), Page 7-1 Chapter 8 - Input/Output (I), Pages 8-1-8-13 Introduction to OpenVMS Alpha Software, Page i Chapter 1 - Introduction to OpenVMS Alpha (II), Page 1-1 Chapter 2 - OpenVMS PALcode Instruction Descriptions (II), Pages 2-1-2-92 Chapter 3 - OpenVMS Memory Management (II), Pages 3-1-3-14 Chapter 4 - OpenVMS Process Structure (II), Pages 4-1-4-4 Chapter 5 - OpenVMS Internal Processor Registers (II), Pages 5-1-5-31 Chapter 6 - OpenVMS Exceptions, Interrupts, and Machine Checks (II), Pages 6-1-6-37 Introduction to DEC OSF/1 Alpha Software, Page i Chapter 1 - Introduction to DEC OSF/1 Alpha (III), Pages 1-1-1-4 Chapter 2 - OSF/1 PALcode Instruction Descriptions (III), Pages 2-1-2-25 Chapter 3 - OSF/1 Memory Management (III), Pages 3-1-3-10 Chapter 4 - OSF/1 Process Structure (III), Pages 4-1-4-2 Chapter 5 - OSF/1 Exceptions and Interrupts (III), Pages 5-1-5-8 Appendix A - Software Considerations, Pages A-1,A-2,A-3,A-4,A-5,A-6,A-7,A-8,A-9,A-10,A-11,A-12,A-13,A-14,A-15,A-16,A-17 Appendix B - IEEE Floating-Point Conformance, Pages B-1,B-2,B-3,B-4,B-5,B-6,B-7,B-8,B-9,B-10 Appendix C - Instruction Encodings, Pages C-1,C-2,C-3,C-4,C-5,C-6,C-7,C-8,C-9,C-10 Index, Pages index-1,index-2,index-3,index-4,index-5,index-6,index-7,index-8,index-9,index-10,index-11,index-12,index-13,index-14,index-15,index-16,index-17,index-18,index-19