The following documents, available at http://developer.intel.com, rovide additional information:
Intel® Itanium(TM) Architecture Software Developer’s Manual
Volume 1: Application Architecture, order number 245317-001
Volume 2: System Architecture, order number 245318-001
Volume 3: Instruction Set Reference, order number 245319-001
Volume 4: Itanium Processor Programmer’s Guide, order number 245320-001
Software Conventions and Runtime Architecture Guide, order number 245256-002