64-bit microprocessor system programming - (AMD x86-64 Intel Itanium)

Author: Zhou Mingde
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book is designed for compatibility with 32-bit x86 architecture and focuses on AMD's x86-64 architecture's 64-bit microprocessor. It introduces the principles, structure, functionality, and system programming of 64-bit microprocessors. The book highlights the differences and extensions between 64-bit microprocessors and 32-bit microprocessors, covering system programming environments, the structure and use of virtual memory, interrupts and exceptions, software debugging, and performance improvement. This book can serve as a follow-up learning resource for "Microcomputer System Principles and Applications" (4th Edition) and "64-bit Microprocessor Application Programming." It can also be used as a self-study and training textbook for readers interested in system programming and application programming using 64-bit microprocessors.