Title :
Prototyping the DLX microprocessor
Author :
Fagin, Barry ; Chintrakulchai, Pichet
Author_Institution :
Thayer Sch. of Eng., Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, NH, USA
Abstract :
The prototyping of a functioning DLX microprocessor, based on the 32-b instruction set architecture developed by D. Patterson and J. Hennessy (in Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 1990), is described. This architecture is an emerging academic standard but has yet to be successfully prototyped. An implementation of DLX as a 12-in×15-in two-layer circuit board, containing 59 chips and running on a 2-MHz clock, is described. The execution of DLX programs and the problems encountered are discussed
Keywords :
instruction sets; microcomputers; microprocessor chips; software prototyping; DLX microprocessor; DLX programs; academic standard; clock; instruction set; prototyping; two-layer circuit board; Design engineering; Digital systems; Hardware; Laboratories; Microprocessors; Packaging; Printed circuits; Process design; Prototypes; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Rapid System Prototyping, 1992. Shortening the Path from Specification to Prototype, 1992 International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Research Triangle Park, NC
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3520-7
DOI :
10.1109/IWRSP.1992.243912
