| Description |
1 online resource (576 p. :) ill |
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Hewlett-Packard Professional Books |
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Hewlett-Packard professional books.
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| Summary |
Annotation <ul><li>Step-by-step guide to assembly language for the 64-bit Itanium processors, with extensive examples</li><li>Details of Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (EPIC): Instruction set, addressing, register stack engine, predication, I/O, procedure calls, floating-point operations, and more</li><li>Learn how to comprehend and optimize open source, Intel, and HP-UX compiler output</li></ul><b>Understand the full power of 64-bit Itanium EPIC processors</b><p><i>Itanium Architecture for Programmers</i>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:</p><ul><li>The potential of Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (EPIC)</li><li>Itanium instruction formats and addressing modes</li><li>Innovations such as the register stack engine (RSE) and extensive predication</li><li>Procedure calls and procedure-calling mechanisms</li><li>Floating-point operations</li><li>I/O techniques, from simple debugging to the use of files</li><li>Optimization of output from open source, Intel, and HP-UX compilers</li></ul><p>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.</p> |
| Audience |
Scholarly & Professional Prentice Hall PTR |
| Subject |
Itanium (Microprocessor)
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Itanium (Microprocessor)
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Engineering & Applied Sciences.
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Computer Science.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Trimper, Gregory L. Author
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| LC no. |
2003042544 |
| ISBN |
9780131013728 |
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0131013726 |
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