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 <ul>
 <li><a
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 <ul>
 <li><a href="http://www.arm.com/documentation/">ARM documentation</a>
 (<a href="http://www.arm.com/documentation/ARMProcessor_Cores/">Processor
 Cores</a>)</li>
 </ul>
 </div>

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 <ul>
 <li><a
 href="http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm">Itanium documentation</a>
 </li>
 </ul>
 </div>

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 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="mips">MIPS</a></div>

 <div class="doc_text">
 <ul>
 <li><a
 href="http://mips.com/content/Documentation/MIPSDocumentation/ProcessorArchitecture/doclibrary">MIPS
 Processor Architecture</a></li>
 </ul>
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 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="ppc">PowerPC</a></div>

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 <div class="doc_subsubsection">IBM - Official manuals and docs</div>

 <div class="doc_text">

 <ul>
 <li><a
 href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/articles/archguide.html">PowerPC
 Architecture Book</a>
 <ul>
   <li>Book I: <a
   href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub1.pdf">PowerPC
   User Instruction Set Architecture</a></li>
   <li>Book II: <a
   href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub2.pdf">PowerPC
   Virtual Environment Architecture</a></li>
   <li>Book III: <a
   href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub3.pdf">PowerPC
   Operating Environment Architecture</a></li>
 </ul></li>
 <li><a
 href="http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6">PowerPC
 Compiler Writer's Guide</a></li>
 <li><A
 href="http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC">PowerPC
 Processor Manuals</a></li>
 <li><a
 href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-powarch/">Intro to
 PowerPC architecture</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixassem/alangref/alangreftfrm.htm">IBM AIX/5L for POWER Assembly reference</a></li>
 </ul>

 </div>

 <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
 <div class="doc_subsubsection">Other documents, collections, notes</div>

 <div class="doc_text">

 <ul>
 <li><a href="http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library">PowerPC ABI documents</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html">PowerPC64
 alignment of long doubles (from GCC)</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html">Long
 branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils)</a></li>
 </ul>

 </div>

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 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="sparc">SPARC</a></div>

 <div class="doc_text">

 <ul>
 <li><a href="http://www.sparc.org/resource.htm">SPARC resources</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://www.sparc.org/standards.html">SPARC standards</a></li>
 </ul>

 </div>

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 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="x86">X86</a></div>

 <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
 <div class="doc_subsubsection">AMD - Official manuals and docs</div>

 <div class="doc_text">
 <ul>
 <li><a
 href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739,00.html">AMD processor manuals</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://www.x86-64.org/documentation">X86-64 ABI</a></li>
 </ul>
 </div>

 <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
 <div class="doc_subsubsection">Intel - Official manuals and docs</div>

 <div class="doc_text">
 <ul>
 <li><a
 href="http://developer.intel.com/design/pentium4/manuals/index_new.htm">IA-32
 manuals</a></li>
 <li><a
 href="http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs">Intel
 Itanium documentation</a></li>
 </ul>
 </div>

 <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
 <div class="doc_subsubsection">Other x86-specific information</div>

 <div class="doc_text">
 <ul>
 <li><a href="http://www.agner.org/assem/calling_conventions.pdf">Calling
 conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems</a></li>
 </ul>
 </div>

 <!-- ======================================================================= -->
 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="other">Other relevant lists</a></div>

 <div class="doc_text">

 <ul>
 <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html">GCC reading list</a></li>
 </ul>

 </div>

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 <div class="doc_section"><a name="abi">ABI</a></div>
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 <!-- ======================================================================= -->
 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="linux">Linux</a></div>

 <div class="doc_text">
 <ol>
 <li><a href="http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/">PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI
 Supplement</a></li>
 </ol>
 </div>

 <!-- ======================================================================= -->
 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="osx">OS X</a></div>

 <div class="doc_text">
 <ol>
 <li><a
 href="http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html">Mach-O
 Runtime Architecture</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php">Notes on Mach-O
 ABI</a></li>
 </ol>

 </div>

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 <div class="doc_section"><a name="misc">Miscellaneous resources</a></div>
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 <ul>
 <li><a
 href="http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/">Executable
 File Format library</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html">GCC prefetch project</a>
 page has a good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern
 processors.</li>
 </ul>

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	<p>Note: This document is a work-in-progress. Additions and clarifications
	are welcome.</p>
	</div>

	<ol>
	<li><a href="#hw">Hardware</a>
	<ol>
	<li><a href="#alpha">Alpha</a></li>
	<li><a href="#arm">ARM</a></li>
	<li><a href="#ia64">Itanium</a></li>
	<li><a href="#mips">MIPS</a></li>
	<li><a href="#ppc">PowerPC</a></li>
	<li><a href="#sparc">SPARC</a></li>
	<li><a href="#x86">X86</a></li>
	<li><a href="#other">Other lists</a></li>
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	<ol>
	<li><a href="#linux">Linux</a></li>
	<li><a href="#osx">OS X</a></li>
	</ol></li>
	<li><a href="#misc">Miscellaneous resources</a></li>
	</ol>

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	<div class="doc_text">
	<ul>
	<li><a
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	</li>
	</ul>
	</div>

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	<div class="doc_text">
	<ul>
	<li><a href="http://www.arm.com/documentation/">ARM documentation</a>
	(<a href="http://www.arm.com/documentation/ARMProcessor_Cores/">Processor
	Cores</a>)</li>
	</ul>
	</div>

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	<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="ia64">Itanium (ia64)</a></div>

	<div class="doc_text">
	<ul>
	<li><a
	href="http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm">Itanium documentation</a>
	</li>
	</ul>
	</div>

	<!-- ======================================================================= -->
	<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="mips">MIPS</a></div>

	<div class="doc_text">
	<ul>
	<li><a
	href="http://mips.com/content/Documentation/MIPSDocumentation/ProcessorArchitecture/doclibrary">MIPS
	Processor Architecture</a></li>
	</ul>
	</div>

	<!-- ======================================================================= -->
	<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="ppc">PowerPC</a></div>

	<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
	<div class="doc_subsubsection">IBM - Official manuals and docs</div>

	<div class="doc_text">

	<ul>
	<li><a
	href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/articles/archguide.html">PowerPC
	Architecture Book</a>
	<ul>
	<li>Book I: <a
	href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub1.pdf">PowerPC
	User Instruction Set Architecture</a></li>
	<li>Book II: <a
	href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub2.pdf">PowerPC
	Virtual Environment Architecture</a></li>
	<li>Book III: <a
	href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub3.pdf">PowerPC
	Operating Environment Architecture</a></li>
	</ul></li>
	<li><a
	href="http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6">PowerPC
	Compiler Writer's Guide</a></li>
	<li><A
	href="http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC">PowerPC
	Processor Manuals</a></li>
	<li><a
	href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-powarch/">Intro to
	PowerPC architecture</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixassem/alangref/alangreftfrm.htm">IBM AIX/5L for POWER Assembly reference</a></li>
	</ul>

	</div>

	<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
	<div class="doc_subsubsection">Other documents, collections, notes</div>

	<div class="doc_text">

	<ul>
	<li><a href="http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library">PowerPC ABI documents</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html">PowerPC64
	alignment of long doubles (from GCC)</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html">Long
	branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils)</a></li>
	</ul>

	</div>

	<!-- ======================================================================= -->
	<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="sparc">SPARC</a></div>

	<div class="doc_text">

	<ul>
	<li><a href="http://www.sparc.org/resource.htm">SPARC resources</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://www.sparc.org/standards.html">SPARC standards</a></li>
	</ul>

	</div>

	<!-- ======================================================================= -->
	<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="x86">X86</a></div>

	<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
	<div class="doc_subsubsection">AMD - Official manuals and docs</div>

	<div class="doc_text">
	<ul>
	<li><a
	href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739,00.html">AMD processor manuals</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://www.x86-64.org/documentation">X86-64 ABI</a></li>
	</ul>
	</div>

	<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
	<div class="doc_subsubsection">Intel - Official manuals and docs</div>

	<div class="doc_text">
	<ul>
	<li><a
	href="http://developer.intel.com/design/pentium4/manuals/index_new.htm">IA-32
	manuals</a></li>
	<li><a
	href="http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs">Intel
	Itanium documentation</a></li>
	</ul>
	</div>

	<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
	<div class="doc_subsubsection">Other x86-specific information</div>

	<div class="doc_text">
	<ul>
	<li><a href="http://www.agner.org/assem/calling_conventions.pdf">Calling
	conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems</a></li>
	</ul>
	</div>

	<!-- ======================================================================= -->
	<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="other">Other relevant lists</a></div>

	<div class="doc_text">

	<ul>
	<li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html">GCC reading list</a></li>
	</ul>

	</div>

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	<div class="doc_section"><a name="abi">ABI</a></div>
	<!-- *********************************************************************** -->

	<!-- ======================================================================= -->
	<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="linux">Linux</a></div>

	<div class="doc_text">
	<ol>
	<li><a href="http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/">PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI
	Supplement</a></li>
	</ol>
	</div>

	<!-- ======================================================================= -->
	<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="osx">OS X</a></div>

	<div class="doc_text">
	<ol>
	<li><a
	href="http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html">Mach-O
	Runtime Architecture</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php">Notes on Mach-O
	ABI</a></li>
	</ol>

	</div>

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	<div class="doc_section"><a name="misc">Miscellaneous resources</a></div>
	<!-- *********************************************************************** -->

	<ul>
	<li><a
	href="http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/">Executable
	File Format library</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html">GCC prefetch project</a>
	page has a good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern
	processors.</li>
	</ul>

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