Power PC: Microprocessor developer's guide /
John Bunda, Terence Potter and Robert Shadowen
- First edition.
- Indianapolis, Indiana : Sams Publishing, c1995
- xii, 400 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 380-382) and index.
1. PowerPC Concepts -- 2. Introduction to the PowerPC Architecture -- 3. Integer Instructions -- 4. Branch and Control Flow Functions -- 5. Floating-Point Instructions -- 6. Code Organization and Interfacing -- 7. Performance Tuning and Optimization -- App. A Programming Examples -- App. B Detailed Instruction Set Reference -- App. C Operating System Design for PowerPC Processors -- App. D A Detailed Floating-Point Model -- App. E Portability Notes -- App. F Quick Reference -- App. G Further Reading.
The PowerPC chip is the future of computing. This book will show readers how exploit the power behind the chip. The reference and how-to guide for developers delivers the knowledge required to develop applications optimized for the PowerPC environment. Disk includes code from the book and utilities available at the time of publication.