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mike_hock · 2022-12-23 14:26:58

The equivalent manuals are available from Intel and AMD.

koverstreet | karma 1291 | avg karma 4.85 · | 2018-05-14 17:28:11+00:00

There's also the intel optimization manuals.

dkersten | karma 11132 | avg karma 2.09 · | 2009-09-14 08:29:40+00:00

I second the Intel reference manuals - they've been extremely useful on multiple occasions and have been great at helping me understand the x86 processors better.

icky | karma 1032 | avg karma 1.93 · | 2008-02-07 10:26:25+00:00

Intel's docs. Huge and comprehensive:

http://www.intel.com/products/processor/manuals/

NASM docs:

http://www.linuxmedialabs.com/nasm/html/nasmdoca.html

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Locke1689 | karma 8069 | avg karma 3.02 · | 2009-08-03 19:38:07

I'll just leave these here...

http://www.intel.com/products/processor/manuals/index.htm

[disclaimer: I'm an OS/kernel dev]

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Narishma | karma 3253 | avg karma 1.67 · | 2015-04-17 13:38:38+00:00

They already release those.

http://developer.amd.com/resources/documentation-articles/de...

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gpderetta | karma 12081 | avg karma 1.83 · | 2023-06-19 04:20:45

Agner Fog optimization guides have some. Otherwise Intel own manuals.

snarfy | karma 6644 | avg karma 3.15 · | 2014-05-01 19:47:54+00:00

The official manuals from intel are pretty good, better for reference but still good:

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/architectu...

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seterval | karma 0 | avg karma 0.0 · | 2014-11-25 07:30:36+00:00

For Intel architecture specifically: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/architectu...

peter_d_sherman | karma 16954 | avg karma 3.23 · | 2020-12-04 07:43:16+00:00

This page contains links to AMD's :

BIOS and Kernel Developer’s Guide (BKDG)

Note that here are multiple versions of this document -- that's because there's a specific one to each AMD CPU Family...

Opinion: This manual is amazingly, amazingly detailed and highly, highly recommended for any current or future OS Writer or OS Student, with respect to AMD CPU's...

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maldev | karma 221 | avg karma 1.53 · | 2024-04-22 08:27:46

I would highly recommend AMD's developer manual. It's a lot more written for actual reading rather than a pure tech manual with super thick language like Intel's is.

I would also recommend NASM's guide for syntax and such. https://www.nasm.us/xdoc/2.13.03rc1/html/nasmdoc0.html

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xelxebar | karma 2204 | avg karma 2.99 · | 2020-06-25 03:05:28+00:00

Neat. I was unaware of this manual. For the lazy but curious:

https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/downloa...

And if you want ALL THE THINGS:

https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/article...

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groovy2shoes | karma 1848 | avg karma 1.72 · | 2011-08-11 21:33:33+00:00

These are pretty indispensable when it comes to modern x86 assembly: http://www.intel.com/products/processor/manuals/

lukego | karma 1701 | avg karma 4.05 · | 2015-01-11 21:37:42+00:00

Sure:

Intel optimization reference manual: http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/...

Agner Fog's Software optimization resources: http://www.agner.org/optimize/

I don't think it starts making sense until the 5th reading or so :).

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sliken | karma 5336 | avg karma 1.83 · | 2020-12-22 20:42:14+00:00

There are Intel CPU manuals, optimization manuals, and enough documentation to make an open source driver. That seems quite a bit more open than the M1.

mhh__ | karma 13345 | avg karma 1.95 · | 2021-11-12 12:23:24

Intel at very least do publish a pretty hefty optimization manual.

We do have a bunch of leaked intel firmware, or so I'm told...

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pandaman | karma 2313 | avg karma 1.09 · | 2016-05-07 05:10:55+00:00

I program AMD chips in game consoles so I use a different set of manuals but AMD has a lot of docs available to public at http://developer.amd.com/resources/documentation-articles/de...

At glance there is a lot of legacy stuff so I'd look at anything related to GCN, Sea Islands and Southern Islands. Evergreen, R600-800 etc are legacy VLIW ISA as far as I know.

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yuhong | karma 6263 | avg karma 1.05 · | 2014-11-06 17:02:29+00:00

Datasheets and revision guide publicly available for all AMD chipsets.

natvert | karma 322 | avg karma 2.8 · | 2018-04-27 19:24:03

You probably want the reference manual for the co-processor.

mvanotti | karma 20 | avg karma 1.25 · | 2013-12-01 20:05:09+00:00

I think that AMD Developer Guides & Manuals [1] are very good resources for x86_64 System Programming (better than Intel Manuals). They are better explained and focus on x86_64 arch.

[1]: http://developer.amd.com/resources/documentation-articles/de...

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