Itanium Architecture for Programmers: Understanding 64-Bit Processors and EPIC Principles

by James S. Evans

This book is centered on Itanium architecture, the new 64-bit Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (EPIC) design by Hewlett-Packard and Intel in partnership. Itanium processors reflect a thoroughly new design. They support 64-bit open-source as well as proprietary operating systems and have been selected to replace existing RISC-based server and workstation lines by many of the industry's major system builders. The authors discuss the general...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131013726
• ISBN13: 9780131013728
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 7.0" x 9.1"