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AMD64 Architecture Programmer's Manual Volume 4: 128-Bit Media Instructions

Overview This paper is intended for all programmers writing application or system software for a processor that implements the AMD64 architecture. This volume describes the 128-bit media instructions. The AMD64 instruction set is divided into five subsets, which are General-purpose instructions, System instructions, 128-bit media instructions, 64-bit media instructions, and x87 floating-point instructions.

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Publisher	AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.)	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	September 2003	Downloads	12
Format	White Papers
Topics	x86-standard Servers, Processors

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