AMD Releases R600/700 Programming Guide

[ Thanks to Michael Larabel for this link. ]

"This 43 page document that is entitled "Radeon R6xx/R7xx Acceleration" provides a basic overview of the ASIC architecture and a small programming guide. This document also covers the packet definitions and information concerning synchronization and cache flushing for these newest graphics processors. Explained in detail is the second generation Superscalar Unified Shader Architecture, technical changes between the R600 and R670, technical changes between the R670 and R700 series, the R600/700 3D pipeline, and various other topics that excite graphics driver developers."

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