Chapter 4
Instruction Descriptions
4.1 Instruction Set Overview
This chapter describes the instructions implemented by the Alpha architecture. The instruction set is divided into the following sections:
Instruction Type | Section |
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Integer load and store | 4.2 |
Integer control | 4.3 |
Integer arithmetic | 4.4 |
Logical and shift | 4.5 |
Byte manipulation | 4.6 |
4.7 | |
4.8 | |
4.9 | |
4.10 | |
Miscellaneous | 4.11 |
VAX compatibility | 4.12 |
Multimedia (graphics and video) | 4.13 |
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Within each major section, closely related instructions are combined into groups and described together.
The instruction group description is composed of the following:
•The group name
•The format of each instruction in the group, which includes the name, access type, and data type of each instruction operand
•The operation of the instruction
•Exceptions specific to the instruction
•The instruction mnemonic and name of each instruction in the group
Instruction Descriptions