Signal names of more importance from a hardware point of view are rendered in bold (such as Reset*). The asterisk appended to the signal name (as in Reset*) indicates the signal is low-active.

A range of bits uses a colon as a separator; for instance, (15:0) represents the 16-bit range that runs from bit 0, inclusive, through bit 15. In some places an ellipsis (15...0) or partial ellipsis (15..0) may used in place of a colon for visibility.

Unfamiliar terms presented for the first time are printed in bold letters, and are followed as closely as possible by a definition or description.

Errata are indicated by the gif shown above. As much as possible, specific changes to the text are printed bold in the text while descriptions of changes that have been made are italicized. Also where possible, an erratum is separated from other text by horizontal rules (this is not always possible in multi-paragraph erratum).

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