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Preface
Specification Update 7
Document Title Document
Number/Location
Intel
®
64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual,
Volume 1: Basic Architecture
Intel
®
64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual,
Volume 2A: Instruction Set Reference Manual A-M
Intel
®
64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual,
Volume 2B: Instruction Set Reference Manual N-Z
Intel
®
64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual,
Volume 3A: System Programming Guide
Intel
®
64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual,
Volume 3B: System Programming Guide
Intel
®
64 and IA-32 Intel Architecture Optimization Reference
Manual
http://www.intel.com
/products/processor/
manuals/index.htm
Intel
®
64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual
Documentation Changes
http://www.intel.com
/content/www/us/en/
processors/architectu
res-software-
developer-
manuals.html
ACPI Specifications www.acpi.info
Nomenclature
Errata are design defects or errors. Errata may cause the processor’s behavior to
deviate from published specifications. Hardware and software designed to be used
with any given stepping must assume that all errata documented for that stepping are
present on all devices.
Specification Changes are modifications to the current published specifications.
These changes will be incorporated in the next release of the specifications.
Specification Clarifications describe a specification in greater detail or further
highlight a specification’s impact to a complex design situation. These clarifications will
be incorporated in the next release of the specifications.
Documentation Changes include typos, errors, or omissions from the current
published specifications. These changes will be incorporated in the next release of the
specifications.
Note: Errata remain in the specification update throughout the product’s lifecycle, or until a
particular stepping is no longer commercially available. Under these circumstances,
errata removed from the specification update are archived and available upon request.
Specification changes, specification clarifications, and documentation changes are
removed from the specification update when the appropriate changes are made to the
appropriate product specification or user documentation (datasheets, manuals, etc.).
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