Instruction reference, Notation, Mnemonic syntax – AMD SimNow Simulator 4.4.5 User Manual

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November 21

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Appendix A

A.6 Instruction Reference

This section specifies the hexadecimal and/or binary encodings for the opcodes that
SimNow does (

), does not (

) or does partially (

) simulate when simulating an

AMD 8

th

Generation CPU, Rev. F.

A.6.1 Notation

A.6.1.1 Mnemonic Syntax

Each instruction has a syntax that includes the mnemonic and any operands that the
instruction can take. Figure A-1 shows an example of a syntax in which the instruction
takes two operands. In most instruction that take two operands, the first (left-most)
operand is both a source operand (the first source operand) and the destination operand.
The second (right-most) operand serves only as a source, not a destination.


Figure A-1: Syntax for Typical Two-Operand Instruction

The following notation is used to denote the size and type of source and destination
operands:

cReg – Control Register.

dReg – Debug register.

imm8 – Byte (8-Bit) immediate.

imm16 – Word (16-Bit) immediate.

imm16/32 – Word (16-bit) or doubleword (32-bit) immediate.

imm32 – Doubleword (32-bit) immediate.

imm32/64 – Doubleword (32-bit) or quadword (64-bit) immediate.

imm64 – Quadword (64-bit) immediate.

mem – An operand of unspecified size in memory.

mem8 – Byte (8-bit) operand in memory.

mem16 – Word (16-bit) operand in memory.

mem16/32 – Word (16-bit) or doubleword (32-bit) operand in memory.

mem32 – Doubleword (32-bit) operand in memory.

mem32/48 – Doubleword (32-bit) or 48-bit operand in memory.

mem48 – 48-bit operand in memory.

mem64 – Quadword (64-bit) operand in memory.

mem16:16 – Two sequential word (16-bit) operands in memory.

mem16:32 – A doubleword (32-bit) operand followed by a word (16-bit) operand

in memory.

mem32real – Single precision (32-bit) floating-point operand in memory.

Mnemonic

First Operand and

Destination Operand

Second Source Operand

ADDPD xmm1, xmm2/mem128

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