Developer Guides & Manuals

Developer Guides

• New “Bulldozer” and “Piledriver” Instructions Guide PDF – 11/07/2012
• Hadoop Tuning Guide PDF – 11/06/2012
• Compiler Options Quick Reference Guide for AMD Opteron™ 6300 Series Processors (“Abu Dhabi”) & Opteron™ 4300 Series Processors (“Seoul”) PDF – 11/06/2012
• New AMD Opteron(TM) 6200 Series processors “Linux Tuning Guide” PDF -04/23/2012
• BIOS and Kernel Developer Guide (BKDG) for AMD Family 15h Models 00h-0Fh Processors PDF – 02/03/2012
• Software Optimization Guide for AMD Family 15h Processors PDF – 01/18/2012
• Compiler Options Quick Reference Guide for AMD Opteron™ Processors codenamed “Interlagos” & Opteron™ Processors codenamed “Valencia” PDF – 11/14/2011
• Compiler Options Quick Reference Guide for AMD Opteron™ 6100 Series Processors (“Magny-Cours”) and AMD Opteron™ 4100 Series Processors (“Lisbon”) PDF – 11/14/2011
• BIOS and Kernel Developer’s Guide (BKDG) For AMD Family 12h Processors PDF – 06/14/2011
• APU 101: All about AMD Fusion Accelerated Processing Units PDF – 05/31/2011
• BIOS and Kernel Developer Guide (BKDG) for AMD Family 14h Models 00h-0Fh Processors PDF – 01/04/2011
• Software Optimization Guide for AMD Family 10h and 12h Processors PDF – 12/16/2010
• BIOS and Kernel Developer’s Guide (BKDG) For AMD Family 10h Processors PDF – 04/26/2010
• BIOS and Kernel Developer’s Guide for AMD NPT Family 0Fh Processors PDF – 10/31/2009
• Basic Performance Measurements for AMD Athlon™ 64, Opteron™ & Phenom™ Processors (Paul J. Drongowski) 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
• Surviving and Thriving in a Multi-Core World (Peter Aitken, Alan Zeichick) 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

Manuals

• AMD64 Architecture Programmer’s Manual Volume 4: 128-bit and 256 bit media instructions PDF – 12/13/2011
• AMD64 Architecture Programmer’s Manual Volume 2: System Programming PDF – 12/13/2011
• AMD64 Architecture Programmer’s Manual Volume 5: 64-Bit Media and x87 Floating-Point Instructions PDF – 12/13/2011
• AMD64 Architecture Programmer’s Manual Volume 3: General Purpose and System Instructions PDF – 12/13/2011
• AMD64 Architecture Programmer’s Manual Volume 1: Application Programming PDF – 12/13/2011

Revision Guides

• Revision Guide for AMD Family 15h Models 10h-1Fh Processors PDF – 08/01/2012
• Revision Guide for AMD Family 15h Models 00h-0Fh Processors PDF – 08/01/2012
• Revision Guide for AMD Family 14h Models 00h-0Fh Processors PDF – 08/01/2012
• Revision Guide for AMD Family 12h Processors PDF – 03/01/2012
• Revision Guide for AMD Family 10h Processors PDF – 03/01/2012
• Revision Guide for AMD Family 11h Processors PDF – 12/01/2011
• Revision Guide for AMD NPT Family 0Fh Processors PDF – 12/01/2011
• Revision Guide for AMD Athlon™ 64 and AMD Opteron™ Processors PDF – 07/20/2009
• AMD-8132 HyperTransport PCI-X 2.0 Tunnel Revision Guide PDF – 05/15/2008
• 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

Chipset Guides and Datasheets

• AMD 780 Product Errata PDF – 04/14/2010
• SB700 Family Product Errata PDF – 04/14/2010
• AMD RS780 Register Programming Requirements PDF – 07/08/2009
• AMD RS780 ASIC Family Register Reference Guide PDF – 07/08/2009
• AMD RS780 ASIC Family BIOS Developer’s Guide PDF – 07/08/2009
• AMD SB700/710/750 Register Reference Guide PDF – 07/08/2009
• AMD SB700/710/750 BIOS Developer’s Guide PDF – 07/08/2009
• AMD SB700/710/750 Register Programming Requirements PDF – 07/08/2009
• AMD SB710 Databook PDF – 07/08/2009

AMD APP SDK Documentation

See listing at AMD APP SDK Documentation

Open GPU Documentation

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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Register information for AMD R5xx series processors (x1300, x1400, x1600, x1900 series chips). PDF – 01/11/2008
• M76 - Register information for AMD R6xx series processors (HD2400, HD2600, HD2900 series chips). PDF – 01/04/2008
• RS690 – Register information for AMD RS6xx series processors (x1200, x1250, x1270 series chips). PDF – 01/04/2008