Title :
SWIFT: stack-based microprocessor for LISP and PROLOG
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
fDate :
9/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
SWIFT is a stack-based microprocessor designed for the efficient execution of LISP and PROLOG. The paper describes the architecture of a VLSI implementation of SWIFT which gives more than 1 Mlips performance, yet only requires 16K gates. The processor was designed at a high level in ELLA and was synthesised to the gate level using LOCAM.
Keywords :
LISP; PROLOG; VLSI; application specific integrated circuits; microprocessor chips; ELLA; LISP; LOCAM; PROLOG; SWIFT; VLSI implementation; architecture; gate level; stack-based microprocessor;
Journal_Title :
Computers and Digital Techniques, IEE Proceedings E
