User’s Manual
IBM PowerPC 750GX and 750GL RISC Microprocessor
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March 27, 2006
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Terminology Conventions
The following table describes terminology conventions used in this manual and the equivalent terminology
used in the PowerPC Architecture specification.
Instruction Field Conventions
The following table describes instruction field conventions used in this manual and the equivalent conventions
from the PowerPC Architecture specification.
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Data-storage interrupt (DSI) DSI exception
Extended mnemonics Simplified mnemonics
Fixed-point unit (FXU) Integer unit (IU)
Instruction storage interrupt (ISI) ISI exception
Interrupt Exception
Privileged mode (or privileged state) Supervisor-level privilege
Problem mode (or problem state) User-level privilege
Real address Physical address
Relocation Translation
Storage (locations) Memory
Storage (the act of) Access
Store in Write back
Store through Write through
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BA, BB, BT crbA, crbB, crbD (respectively)
BF, BFA crfD, crfS (respectively)
D d
DS ds
FLM FM
FRA, FRB, FRC, FRT, FRS frA, frB, frC, frD, frS (respectively)
FXM CRM
RA, RB, RT, RS rA, rB, rD, rS (respectively)
SI SIMM
U IMM
UI UIMM
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