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26568—Rev. 3.05—September 2003 <strong>AMD</strong><strong>64</strong> Technology<br />

Preface<br />

About This Book<br />

Audience<br />

Contact Information<br />

Organization<br />

This book is part of a multivolume work entitled the <strong>AMD</strong><strong>64</strong><br />

<strong>Architecture</strong> Programmer’s <strong>Manual</strong>. This table lists each volume<br />

and its order number.<br />

Title Order No.<br />

<strong>Volume</strong> 1, Application Programming 24592<br />

<strong>Volume</strong> 2, System Programming 24593<br />

<strong>Volume</strong> 3, General-Purpose and System Instructions 24594<br />

<strong>Volume</strong> 4, <strong>128</strong>-<strong>Bit</strong> Media Instructions 26568<br />

<strong>Volume</strong> 5, <strong>64</strong>-<strong>Bit</strong> Media and x87 Floating-Point Instructions 26569<br />

This volume (<strong>Volume</strong> 4) is intended for all programmers writing<br />

application or system software for processors that implement<br />

the <strong>AMD</strong><strong>64</strong> architecture.<br />

To submit questions or comments concerning this document,<br />

contact our technical documentation staff at<br />

<strong>AMD</strong><strong>64</strong>.Feedback@amd.com.<br />

<strong>Volume</strong>s 3, 4, and 5 describe the <strong>AMD</strong><strong>64</strong> architecture’s<br />

instruction set in detail. Together, they cover each instruction’s<br />

mnemonic syntax, opcodes, functions, affected flags, and<br />

possible exceptions.<br />

The <strong>AMD</strong><strong>64</strong> instruction set is divided into five subsets:<br />

� General-purpose instructions<br />

� System instructions<br />

� <strong>128</strong>-bit media instructions<br />

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