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Developer Guides Format Date
BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide (BKDG) For AMD Family 10h Processors PDF 05/28/2009
Software Optimization Guide for AMD Family 10h Processors (Quad-Core) PDF 05/21/2009
Basic Performance Measurements for AMD Athlon™ 64, AMD Opteron™ and AMD Phenom™ Processors PDF 09/25/2008
BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide (BKDG) for AMD Family 11h Processors PDF 07/30/2008
Compiler Usage Guidelines for AMD64 Platforms PDF 09/12/2007
BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide for AMD NPT Family 0Fh Processors PDF 07/24/2007
ATI Radeon HD2000 Programming Guide PDF 07/03/2007
Surviving and Thriving in a Multi-Core World PDF 11/08/2006
BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide for AMD Athlon™ 64 and AMD Opteron™ Processors PDF 02/01/2006
AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-60 Processor Competitive Performance Guide PDF 01/01/2006
Software Optimization Guide for AMD64 Processors PDF 10/25/2005
AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor Competitive Performance Guide PDF 10/19/2004
Builder's Guide for AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor-Based Desktops and Workstations PDF 09/16/2004
Mobile AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor 3400+ Competitive Performance Guide PDF 08/01/2004
AMD Cool‘n’Quiet™ Technology Installation Guide PDF 06/01/2004
Builders guide for AMD Opteron™ Processor-Based Servers and Workstations PDF 02/06/2004
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Manuals Format Date
AMD64 Architecture Programmer’s Manual Volume 6: 128-Bit and 256-Bit XOP, FMA4 and CVT16 Instructions PDF 05/01/2009
AMD64 Architecture Programmer's Manual Volume 5: 64-Bit Media and x87 Floating-Point Instructions Rev 3.10 PDF 04/06/2009
AMD64 Architecture Programmer's Manual Volume 4: 128-Bit Media Instructions Rev 3.10 PDF 09/30/2007
AMD64 Architecture Programmer's Manual Volume 2: System Programming Rev 3.14 PDF 09/29/2007
AMD64 Architecture Programmer's Manual Volume 3: General-Purpose and System Instructions Rev 3.14 PDF 09/29/2007
AMD64 Architecture Programmer's Manual Volume 1: Application Programming Rev 3.14 PDF 09/28/2007
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Revision Guides Format Date
Revision Guide for AMD Family 10h Processors PDF 09/08/2008
Revision Guide for AMD Family 11h Processors PDF 07/30/2008
AMD-8132 HyperTransport PCI-X 2.0 Tunnel Revision Guide PDF 05/15/2008
Revision Guide for AMD Athlon™ 64 and AMD Opteron™ Processors PDF 02/25/2008
Revision Guide for AMD NPT Family 0Fh Processors PDF 02/25/2008
AMD-8151™ HyperTransport™ AGP3.0 Graphics Tunnel Revision Guide PDF 08/31/2005
AMD-8131™ HyperTransport™ PCI-X Tunnel Revision Guide PDF 08/31/2005
AMD-8111™ HyperTransport™ I/O Hub Revision Guide PDF 08/31/2005
AMD-8131™ HyperTransport™ PCI-X Tunnel Revision Guide PDF 08/31/2005
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Open GPU Documentation Format Date
This section contains register level documentation on AMD graphics processors for chip initialization, displays, and overlays. Documents for mobile chips are a superset of the desktop chip documentation; they contain all the desktop chip information as well as any relevant mobile additions.

For development questions please contact: gpudriverdevsupport@amd.com

R6xx Family Instruction Set Architecture - This document describes the instruction set architecture (ISA) native to the R600 processor. It defines the instructions and formats as they are accessible to programmers and compilers. PDF 12/18/2008
R3xx 3D Registers - This document contains register information for AMD R3xx series processors ( 9800,9700, 9600, 9500 series chips). PDF 03/14/2008
R5xx Family 3D Programming Guide - The R5xx family provides the fastest and most advanced 2D, 3D, and multimedia graphics performance for desktop PCs in the performance mainstream markets. PDF 02/25/2008
RV630 - This document contains register information for AMD R6xx series processors (HD2400, HD2600, HD2900 series chips). This document is generally a subset of the M76 document and has been published for continuity. PDF 01/11/2008
M56 - This document contains register information for AMD R5xx series processors (x1300, x1400, x1600, x1900 series chips). PDF 01/11/2008
M76 - This document contains register information for AMD R6xx series processors (HD2400, HD2600, HD2900 series chips). PDF 01/04/2008
RS690 - This document contains register information for AMD RS6xx series processors (x1200, x1250, x1270 series chips). PDF 01/04/2008
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