Title :
SH-4 RISC microprocessor for multimedia, game machine
Author_Institution :
Hitachi Ltd., Japan
Abstract :
The SH-4 is a 2-issue superscalar 32-bit RISC microprocessor for SEGA´s game machine, Dreamcast. In order to extend the floating-point performance, a graphic FPU and graphic-oriented instructions are provided. The performance is 360 VAX MIPS, 6.0 M Polygons/sec, 1.4 G FLOPS (peak with the new instructions) at 200 MHz
Keywords :
computer games; computer graphics; floating point arithmetic; microprocessor chips; multimedia computing; reduced instruction set computing; 200 MHz; 32 bit; 360 MIPS; Dreamcast; SEGA; SH-4 microprocessor; floating-point performance; game machine; graphic FPU; graphic-oriented instructions; multimedia; superscalar RISC microprocessor; Computer aided instruction; Graphics; Microprocessors; Reduced instruction set computing;
Conference_Titel :
Design, Automation and Test in Europe, 2001. Conference and Exhibition 2001. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0993-2
DOI :
10.1109/DATE.2001.915103
