High-performance AM29000 microprocessor applications for communications

Author

Milton, A.D. ; Schenkel, D.P.G. ; Levy, D.

Author_Institution

CANAI, Nepean, Ont., Canada

fYear

1989

fDate

Feb. 27 1989-March 3 1989

Firstpage

270

Lastpage

274

Abstract

The AM29000 is shown to have a set of enhanced features making it suitable as the basic processor for designing powerful communication computers. This type of computers is designated the microprogram extended reduced-instruction-set computer (MERISC). With MERISC it is possible to design a computer whose basic processing elements can evolve as the silicon process evolves, has the advantages associated with monolithic microprocessors yet remains flexible enough to be application-specific. With the MERISC approach, existing designs can be migrated to this processing platform without software impact.<>

Keywords

computer architecture; microprocessor chips; microprogramming; reduced instruction set computing; telecommunications computing; AM29000 microprocessor applications; MERISC; communication computers; microprogram extended reduced-instruction-set computer; monolithic microprocessors; Application software; Computer aided instruction; Computer networks; Coprocessors; Engines; Hardware; Microprocessors; Process design; Reduced instruction set computing; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

COMPCON Spring '89. Thirty-Fourth IEEE Computer Society International Conference: Intellectual Leverage, Digest of Papers.

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-1909-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPCON.1989.301940

Filename

301940