The IA32 Specification
The IA32 specification (also sometimes referred to as the IA32 ISA (Instruction Set Architecture) is comprised of the three volume documentation set consisting of:
IA32 Intel® Architecture Software Developer's Manual Volume 1: Basic Architecture.
IA32 Intel® Architecture Software Developer's Manual Volume 2: Instruction Set Reference.
IA32 Intel® Architecture Software Developer's Manual Volume 3: System Programming Guide.
Much of the actual processor implementation is outside the scope of the specification. The following are some examples:
Whether or not a processor implements any caches and, if so, the number of, size of, and architecture of the caches is processor design-specific.
Whether or not a processor implements any ...
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