Architecture of Itanium: Understanding 64-bit Processors and EPIC Principles: Understanding 64-bit Processors and EPIC Principles

Author: James S. Evans
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This book comprehensively introduces the new 64-bit Itanium architecture and its groundbreaking performance. Using standard command-line tools and numerous examples, the author gradually guides readers through Itanium assembly language, as well as the instruction set, addressing, register stack engine, predicates, I/O, procedure calls, and floating-point operations of Itanium Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (EPIC). Combined with the development of modern computer architecture, the book elaborates on the design of the Itanium architecture in detail. Each chapter includes detailed figures, discussions, and programming exercises, along with extensive references and rich online resources. This book serves as both a textbook for students and faculty in computer science and related fields studying computer architecture or assembly language, and a valuable reference for researchers seeking a systematic understanding of the Itanium architecture.