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Our technical writers have written and edited hundreds of manuals about semiconductors, microprocessors, systems-on-chip (SOCs), networking hardware and protocols (Internet, wireless, optical), software (application, APIs, compilers, operating systems), circuit design and simulation tools, instrumentation, and semiconductor processing equipment.

The links below describe some of these projects. Clicking a link will display a brief overview of the project and, if available, an image of a related document cover.

Examples of our work are shown on the examples pages.

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AMD

• ATI R600-Family Instructions Set Architecture
• ATI Compute Abstraction Layer (CAL) Intermediate Language (IL) Reference Manual
• AMD x86-64 Architecture Programmers Manual
• AMD x86-64 Architecture Programmers Overview
• Architecture-Specification Editing for AMD Fellows
• NexGen Nx586 Processors Databook
• NexGen NxPC System Logic Data Book
• NexGen Nx686 Processors Databook
• AMD-K5 Technical Reference Manual
• Am29050 Microprocessor User's Manual
• Am29000 Microprocessor Memory Design Handbook
• Am96/4016-ASM Evaluation Board Assembler User's Manual
• AmZ8000 Evaluation Board User's Manual

Analog Devices

• ADSP-2100 Architecture User's Manual
• AD6489 Communications Processor Programmers Manual

Apple

• Apple Networking and Communications Handbook
• Macintosh Documentation Format Specifications
• Lisa Hardware Reference Manual
• Lisa Owner's Guide
• LisaProject User's Guide
• Apple III Pascal Screen Manager Manual
• Apple II 6502 Assembler/DOS Tool Kit Reference Manual
• Apple Printer Manuals

ASM Lithography (ASML)

• LineSweeper User's Manual
• TaskRigger Tutorial
• DSM Design Reference

AT&T Bell Labs (now Alcatel-Lucent)

• MIDAS User Guide
• SCHEMA and MIDAS Tutorial
• SCHEMA User Guide
• Silicon Design System Tutorial
• ADVICE Documentation Specification
• ATTSIM Documentation Specification
• SCHEMA SCP Quick Guide
• SCHEMA Customization Package

Atari

• Atari 400 Owner's Guide
• Atari 400 Communicator Guide
• Atari 400 Educator Guide
• Atari 400 Entertainer Guide
• Atari 400 Programmer Guide
• Atari 800 Bookkeeper Simplified Guide

ATI (see AMD)

Baxter Healthcare

• Amicus Separator User Interface

Branson (see GlaxoSmithKline)

Burroughs (now Unisys)

• B6000/B7000 Series Command and Edit (CANDE) Manual
• B6000/B7000 Series Command and Edit (CANDE) Quick Guide
• B6700/ FORTRAN Programming Manual
• B6700/B7700 ALGOL Programming Manual
• B6700/B7700 COBOL Conversion Guide

Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR) see SiRF Technology

Chameleon Systems

• CS2112 Data Sheet
• CS2112 Databook
• CS2112 Programming Guide

CEVA

• Corporate Web Site

Chips and Technologies (now Intel)

• Super386DX Programmer's Manual

Circadian

• Pulmonary Function Manual

Cirrus Logic

• Cirrus Logic Voyager Architectural Overview
• Cirrus Logic Voyager CL-PS7000 Databook

Cisco

• Cisco Technology Directions: Internetworking IBM Environments
• TRouter TCP/IP Terminal Server and Multiprotocol Internetwork Router Product Guide
• AGS+ Multiprotocol Router/Bridge Product Guide
• IGS Multiprotocol Router/Bridge Product Guide

Compression Labs (CLI)

• SpectrumSaver Integrated Receiver/Decoder (IRD) Installation and User's Manual
• SpectrumSaver Encoder Operation and Service Manual

Conexant

• Countach-40 Architecture Reference Manual
• Rockwell 6500-Family Microprocessor Data Sheets

Convergent Technologies

• IWS Workstation Hardware Manual
• IWS Peripherals Hardware Manual

Diab Data (see Wind River)

Ditrans

• JAZZ CDMA/AMPS Tri-Mode, Dual-Band Receiver Data Sheet

Dr. Dobbs

• A Neural-Network Audio Synthesizer

Energy Management Associates (EMA)

• PROMOD III Production Costing Model User's Manual

Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

• Over/Under Capacity Planning Model User's Guide
• Over/Under Capacity Planning Model Quick Guide
• Load-Management Strategy Testing Model (LMSTM) Quick Guide

Electric Power Software (EPS)

• Load-Management Strategy Testing Mode (LMSTM) Reference Guide

Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

• Customer Move-Out State Transitions
• Customer Move-Out Event Scenarios

ElementCXI

• Alchemy Design Tools ECA-64 Tutorial
• Alchemy Elemental Language (EL) Reference Manual
• Alchemy Function Library

Fairchild Semiconductor

• FAIRCAD User's Manual
• FGC Series Gate Array Design Manual

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC) now Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)

• Automated Mortgage Market and Information Network (AMMINET) Program User-Interface Design
• Automated Mortgage Market and Information Network (AMMINET) User Guide
• Automated Mortgage Market and Information Network (AMMINET) Executive and User Training Course

Fluke

• 9100A/9105A Applications Manual
• 9100A/9105A Automated Operations Manual
• 9100A/9105A Programmer's Interface Specification
• 9100A/9105A Programmer's Manual
• 9100A/9105A Technical User's Manual
• 9100A/9105A TL/1 Reference Manual
• 9100A/9105A Getting Started Guide

FormFactor

• Product-Line Databook

Freescale

• IBM/Motorola PowerPC Tools: Development Tools for PowerPC Microprocessors (5 editions)

Fujitsu

• ASSURE CAD-System Training Foils
• SPARClite MB8683x User's Guide
• SPARClite MB86831 Data Sheet
• SPARClite MB86832 Data Sheet
• SPARClite MB86833 Data Sheet
• SPARClite MB86937 Lumiere RISC Imaging Accelerator
• SPARClite Microprocessor User's Guide
• FACOM M-Series Mainframe System Summary

Gilead Sciences

• Pharmaceutical-Process Document Editing

GlaxoSmithKline

• E-40 Ultrasound Controller Specification
• Branson/IPC Wafer-Processing Planning Guide
• Branson/IPC System 2000 Installation and User's Manuals
• Branson/IPC Sigma 80 Aluminum Etching System Installation Manual
• Branson/IPC Sigma 80 6420 Aluminum Etching System User's Manual
• Branson/IPC Sigma 80 6440 Aluminum Etching System Supplement
• Branson/IPC Sigma 80 Technical Brochure
• Branson/IPC 7411 Plasma Desmearing System User's Manual
• Branson/IPC 7415 Plasma Desmearing System User's Manual
• Branson/IPC 6120 Plasma Etching System User's Manual
• Branson/IPC 6520 Plasma Etching System Pre-Installation Evaluation Manual
• Branson/IPC 6520 Aluminum Etching System User's Manual

GRiD Systems

• Getting Started with the GRiD Compass

Hewlett-Packard (HP)

• Website Business Store Developer's Guide
• Website Business Store Support Guide

Hitachi Semiconductor (see Renesas)

IBM

• STI Cell Broadband Engine Programming Handbook
• STI Cell Broadband Engine Hardware Initialization Guide
• STI Cell Broadband Engine Programming Tutorial
• IBM PowerPC Compiler Writer's Guide
• IBM/Motorola PowerPC Tools: Development Tools for PowerPC Microprocessors (5 editions)
• IBM PowerPC 615 Microprocessor Technical Summary
• IBM PowerPC 615 Microprocessor Programmer's Manual
• IBM PowerPC 615 Microprocessor Hardware Manual
• Metaphor Communications Server Operations Manual
• Metaphor Database Design Operations Manual
• Metaphor Database Design Reference Manual
• Metaphor Database Server 200 Operations Manual
• Metaphor Database Server 200 Reference Manual
• Metaphor Database Server 100 Operations Manual
• Metaphor Database Server 100 Reference Manual

IDT

• IDT79R5000 RISC Microprocessor Reference Manual

IEEE-ISTO

• See MIPI IEEE-ISTO and LiMo IEEE-ISTO

Intel

• Systems-on-Chip for High-Speed Communication Systems White Paper
• 830M Chipset Mobile Graphics Controller Programmer's Reference Manual
• Ni1000 Recognition Accelerator Technical Specification
• Ni1000 Recognition Accelerator User's Guide
• International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) Hardware Demonstration
• 80170NX Neural Network Solutions Brochure
• 80170NX Electrically Trainable Neural Network Data Sheet
• Intel486 Microprocessor Family Programmer's Reference Manual
• i486 Microprocessor Hardware Reference Manual
• Chips and Technologies Super386DX Programmer's Manual
• 386 DX Microprocessor Programmer's Reference Manual
• 386 DX Microprocessor Hardware Reference Manual
• 376 Embedded Processor Programmer's Reference Manual
• 80286 Hardware Reference Manual
• Introduction to Intel Gate Array Design
• Corporate Data-File Conversion (programming)

Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) DTN Research Group

• Delay-Tolerant Networks (DTNs) Tutorial

Java Animation

• Java Network-Animation API Architecture

Johnson Controls

• King Faisal Airport System Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Documentation Requirements

KLA-Tencor

• SEMICON Exhibit-Booth Specification
• Automated Wafer Sorter User's Manual
• Automated Wafer Sorter Data Sheet
• Flatgage Wafer and Photomask Flatness Tester Data Sheet
• Flatgage User's Manual
• Alpha-Step 200 Data Sheet
• Alpha-Step Profiler User's Manual
• M-Gage User's Manual
• M-Gage Data Sheet
• M-Gage 200 Calibration Quick Card
• SigmaScan Data Sheet
• SonoGage rt² Technical Bulletin
• SonoGage rt² User's Manual
• SonoGage rt² Resistivity Calibration Quick Guide
• SonoGage rt² Thickness Calibration Quick Guide
• SonoGage rt² Automatic Option for HP 97S
• SonoGage rt² Automatic Option for HP 9815S
• SurfScan 4000 User's Manual
• SurfScan 4000 Data Sheet
• Roughness Definitions Guide

Linux Mobile (LiMo) Foundation IEEE-ISTO Standards

• LiMo API Documents

Linkup Systems (now NeoMagic)

LSI Logic

• Design Techniques Article

MAD Intelligent Systems

• D3000 System Customer Engineer's Manual
• D3000 System Technical Reference Manual
• D3000 System User's Guide

MageLang Institute (now jGuru)

• Java for C++ Programmer's Course Notes
• Java for C++ Programmer's Course Notes (web version)

Metaphor (now IBM)

MicroDesign Resources (MDR)

• 3D Technology Report

Micron Force Instruments (now SUSS MicroTec)

• Real-Time Probe User's Guide

MicroUnity

• BroadMX Instruction Set C/C++ Intrinsic Functions
• Optical Proximity Correction Documents

Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) Alliance IEEE-ISTO Standards

• MIPI Alliance Standard for Camera Serial Interface 2
• MIPI Alliance Standard for Display Bus Interface
• MIPI Alliance Standard for D-PHY
• MIPI Alliance Standard for Display Command Set
• MIPI Alliance Standard for Display Parallel Interface 2
• MIPI Alliance Standard for Display Serial Interface
• MIPI Alliance Standard for SLIMbus
• MIPI Alliance Standard for Unified Protocol (UniPro)

MIPS

• R3K Core Product Brief
• Corporate Brochure
• Corporate Backgrounder

Mitsubishi

• 3D-RAM64 Merge Specification

Motorola Semiconductor (now Freescale)

• IBM/Motorola PowerPC Tools: Development Tools for PowerPC Microprocessors (5 editions)

Micrel (see Synergy Semiconductor)

Nanosphere

• Verigene Molecular Diagnostics System User’s Manual

NASA Ames Research Center

• ILLIAC-IV Performance Summary
• ILLIAC-IV Presentation to the Board of Directors

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

• Delay-Tolerant Networks (DTNs)Tutorial

National Semiconductor

• FASTr Advanced BiCMOS Logic Databook
• ASIC ASPECT Gate Array Design Manual
• System/400 Summary
• Programmable Logic Device (PLD) Data Book
• NS8/16 Memory Expansion Manual
• 5290 Burn-In Test System Manual

nCUBE (now AARIS)

• nCUBE 2 Supercomputers Programming Overview
• nCUBE 2 Supercomputers Parallel Programming Principles

NEC

• VR5464 User's Manual
• VR5432 User's Manual
• VR4320 User's Manual
• VR5400 Product Brief
• VRC5074 System Controller Data Sheet
• VRC4373 System Controller Data Sheet

NeoMagic

• Linkup L7205 Internet System Processor (DSP Enhanced) Databook
• Linkup L7200 Internet System Processor (DSP Enhanced) Databook
• Linkup L7200SDB Hardware User's Manual
• Linkup L1121 CompactFlash/PC Card Interface Chip Data Sheet
• Linkup Documentation Format

Network Associates (see Pretty Good Privacy)

Neuron Data (now FICO)

• Customer Invoicing Program (programming)

NexGen (see AMD)

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT) LSI Labs

• HSL-FX User's Manual

NVIDIA

• PortalPlayer PP5001 Superintegration System-on-Chip Controller Databook
• PortalPlayer Tango Developer's Guide

NXP Semiconductor (see Signetics)

Oracle (see Sun)

Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)

• PGPmail 4.5 Quick Guide
• PGPmail 4.5 Reference Manual
• Pretty Good Privacy Source Code Books (several)

Philips

• SLICE Programmable Logic Device (PLD) Manual
• SNAP Programmable Logic Device (PLD) Manual

picoTurbo

• pT-100 Hardware Core Data Sheet
• pT-100 Hardware Design User's Guide
• pT-110 Hardware Core Data Sheet
• pT-110 Hardware Design User's Guide
• pT-120 Hardware Core Data Sheet

Plurality

• White Papers
• Software Developer's Handbook

PMC-Sierra

• RM9000x2 Family Users Manual

PortalPlayer (now NVIDIA)

Rambus

• 64MB RDRAM Datasheet

Raychem (now Tyco)

• Chemelex Auto-Trace Installation and Operations Manual
• Model 16 Shrink-Tube Processor Operation and Maintenance Manual

Regis McKenna

• Calendar Database (programming)
• Media Database (programming)

Remote Computing Corporation (RCC)

• With FHLMC: Automated Mortgage Market and Information Network (AMMINET) Program User-Interface Design
• With FHLMC: Automated Mortgage Market and Information Network (AMMINET) User Guide
• With FHLMC: Automated Mortgage Market and Information Network (AMMINET) Executive and User Training Course
• Command and Edit (CANDE) Language Manual
• Command and Edit (CANDE) Language Quick Guide
• Merlin Database on Options, Commodities and Securities User's Guide
• Liquidity Management System (LMS) User's Guide
• Mutual Savings Bank (MSB) Financial Planning System User's Guide

Renesas (formerly Hitachi Semiconductor)

• Documentation Requirements for ATM technology
• SH-DSP Benchmarking Application Note
• F-ZTAT DC-DC Converter Application Note
• I²C Interface Application Note
• F-ZTAT HiFlash Application Note
• D9000 Development System Hardware User Manual
• SH-DSP Bus-Operation Java Animations (programming)
• SH-DSP Hardware Manual
• SH-DSP Overview Manual
• SH-DSP Programming Manual
• SH-DSP Target Specification
• SDRAM Application Note
• Synchronous SRAM Application Note

Rockwell (see Conexant)

Saudi Consolidated Electric

• SICON SCADA System Operator's Manual
• SICON Jubail System Engineer's Manual
• SICON Jubail System Software/Programmer's Manual

Schlumberger (see Fairchild Semiconductor)

Scenix (now Ubicom)

Siemens

• Siemens Cluster Framework (SCF) Overview
• SAB 80535 Application Note
• SAB 80515 Application Note

Signetics (now NXP Semiconductor)

• 8X305 Bipolar Microcontroller User's Manual
• 8A1200 ISL Bipolar Gate Array Data Sheet
• 8A1200 ISL Bipolar Gate Array Design Manual
• Programmable Logic Device (PLD) Application Notes

Sinett

• SN5024 Unified Wireless and Wired Edge-Switch Datasheet
• SN6004 Wireless LAN Controller Datasheet

SiRF Technology (now CSR)

• GSD4t Hardware and Software Databook

Sony

• Guide to Cell/B.E. Programming Documentation
• STI Cell Broadband Engine Programming Handbook
• STI Cell Broadband Engine Hardware Initialization Guide
• STI Cell Broadband Engine Programming Tutorial

SRI International

• ARPANET IMP Port Expander Manual

Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC)

• LPC47N359 Mobile Embedded System Controller Specification

STMicroelectronics

• WSI MAP168 Mapable Memory Controller User's Manual
• WSI MAP168 Mapable Memory Controller Data Sheet
• WSI MAP168 Peripheral Controller Application Note
• WSI PAC1000 Microcontroller User's Manual
• WSI PAC1000 Microcontroller Data Sheet
• WSI Programmable System Device (PSD) Capabilities Brochure

Strategic Decisions Group

• Corporate Database (programming)

Sun (now Oracle)

• Sun LaserWriter Maintenance Manual

Synergy Semiconductor (now Micrel)

• System Elements Design Handbook

Synopsys

• Systems-on-Chip for High-Speed Communication Systems White Paper
• CommsDesign Magazine Article: Addressing System-Level Challenges in High-Speed Comm Chips

Systems Control (see Saudi Consolidated Electric)

TChip

• IP1012 Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver Baseband Data Sheet

Tensilica

• Vectra DSP Data Sheet
• Xtensa Software Development Toolkit User's Guide
• Tensilica Instruction Extension (TIE) Reference Manual
• Tensilica Instruction Extension (TIE) User's Guide
• Xtensa Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) Reference Manual
• Xtensa Instruction Set Simulator (ISS) User's Guide
• Tensilica Document Formatting User's Guide

Tessera

• Documentation Planning

3M

• WhisperWriter User's Guide

Tiara Computer Systems

• 10NET Peer-to-Peer LAN User's Guide

Toshiba

• STI Cell Broadband Engine Programming Handbook
• STI Cell Broadband Engine Hardware Initialization Guide
• STI Cell Broadband Engine Programming Tutorial
• TC8512 Gouraud Shading Processor Datasheet

Tyco (see Raychem)

Tymshare

• Magnum Relational Data Base Management System Overview

Ubicom (formerly Scenix)

• IP2022 Internet Processor Data Sheet
• IP2022 Internet Processor User's Manual
• IP2022 Internet Processor User's Primer
• IP2022 Internet Processor Getting Started Guide
• SX-Stack Internet Connectivity User's Manual
• SX Virtual Peripheral Methodology and Modules User's Manual

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC)

• U5S 486 Green CPU Data Book
• U5 Microprocessors Advanced Product Information

Unisys (see also Burroughs)

• M9710-2x/6x Disk Storage Subsystem Installation Guide
• M9710-2x/6x Disk Storage Subsystem Operations Guide
• M9710-2x/6x Disk Storage Subsystem Service Guide
• M9710-2x/6x Disk Storage Subsystem Fault-Isolation Service Aid
• M9710-2x/6x Disk Storage Subsystem Capabilities Overview

Varian

• 3190 Cassette-to-Cassette Sputtering System Operation Manual
• 3190 Cassette-to-Cassette Sputtering System Maintenance Manual
• 3180 Cassette-to-Cassette Sputtering System Operation Manual
• 3180 Cassette-to-Cassette Sputtering System Maintenance Manual
• MDP-1000 Disk Sputtering System Operator's Manual
• MDP-1000 Disk Sputtering System Maintenance Manual
• Cryostack-8 Vacuum Pump Manual
• 15-kW Electron-Beam Power Supply Manual
• 15-kW Electron-Beam Power Supply Data Sheet

Victor Technology

• Victor 9000 Operating System Kernel Reference Manual

ViewTech

• Workstation User Interface Design and Specification

WaferScale Integration (see STMicroelectronics)

WoZ (Wheels of Zeus)

• Global Positioning System (GPS) Preliminary Engineering Specification Proposal

Wind River

• Diab Data Run-Time Error Checker User Manual

Xilinx

• Advanced CAD Technology (XACT) User's Manual
• Logic Cell Array (LCA) User's Manual
• Virtex-II Pro PPC405 User Manual
• Virtex-II Pro PPC405 Processor Block Manual

Zilog

• Z8000 Microprocessor Reference Manual
• Z80 DMA Controller Article
• Z80 DMA Data Sheet
• Z80 DMA Technical Manual
• Z80 Serial I/O (SIO) Data Sheet
• Z80 Serial I/O (SIO) Application Note
• System 8000 Model 11 Datasheet
• System 8000 FORTRAN 77 Datasheet
• System 8000 PASCAL Datasheet
• System 8000 RM/COBOL Datasheet
• System 8000 SMC BASIC Datasheet
• System 8000 X.25 Communications Interface Data Sheet

Zoran

• ZR36031 JPEG Compression Processor Data Sheet

Zymos

• System 90/SX Chip Set Design Manual