Author_Institution :
Intel Corp., Chandler, AZ, USA
Abstract :
Important features and capabilities of the 80960 are briefly examined, and an overview of its architecture is given. A detached discussion is presented of the register model, core instruction set, register operations, memory operations, control operations instruction cache, user-supervisor protection, interrupts, faults, and debug support.<>
Keywords :
computer architecture; instruction sets; microprocessor chips; Intel 80960 processor; control operations instruction cache; core instruction set; debug support; embedded control; interrupts; memory operations; register model; register operations; user-supervisor protection; Clocks; Design optimization; Memory management; Microarchitecture; Optimizing compilers; Out of order; Pipelines; Reduced instruction set computing; Registers; Silicon;
