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Alpha 21264/EV67 Hardware Reference Manual

Alpha Instruction Set

A–1

A

Alpha Instruction Set

This appendix provides a summary of the Alpha instruction set and describes the
21264/EV67 IEEE floating-point conformance. It is organized as follows:

Alpha instruction summary

Reserved opcodes

IEEE floating-point instructions

VAX floating-point instructions

Independent floating-point instructions

Opcode summary

Required PALcode function codes

IEEE floating-point conformance

A.1 Alpha Instruction Summary

This section contains a summary of all Alpha architecture instructions. All values are in
hexadecimal radix. Table A–1 describes the contents of the Format and Opcode col-
umns that are in Table A–2.

Table A–1 Instruction Format and Opcode Notation

Instruction Format

Format
Symbol

Opcode
Notation

Meaning

Branch

Bra

oo

oo is the 6-bit opcode field.

Floating-point

F-P

oo.fff

oo is the 6-bit opcode field.
fff is the 11-bit function code field.

Memory

Mem

oo

oo is the 6-bit opcode field.

Memory/function code Mfc

oo.ffff

oo is the 6-bit opcode field.
ffff
is the 16-bit function code in the displacement
field.