DocumentCode
891234
Title
The execution unit for the VLSI 432 general data processor
Author
Budde, David L. ; Colley, Steven R. ; Domenik, Stephen L. ; Goodman, Allan L. ; Howard, James D. ; Imel, Michael T.
Volume
16
Issue
5
fYear
1981
fDate
10/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
514
Lastpage
521
Abstract
The microinstruction execution unit (MEU), which is one of two chips that implement a 32-bit VLSI object-oriented general data processor, is described. A functional overview of the MEU is given and important design tradeoffs are described, including some of the motivations for the particular partitioning of the functions between the two chips. Finally details of circuit implementation are described for some of the more interesting and important circuits on the chip.
Keywords
Computer architecture; Large scale integration; Microprocessor chips; computer architecture; large scale integration; microprocessor chips; Arithmetic; Circuits; Data structures; Decoding; Economic indicators; Helium; Physics computing; Protection; Registers; Very large scale integration;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9200
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JSSC.1981.1051631
Filename
1051631
Link To Document