Title :
Emulating a Complex Instruction Set Computer with a Reduced Instruction Set Computer
Author :
McNeley, Kevin J. ; Milutinovic, Veljko M.
Author_Institution :
Purdue University
Abstract :
GaAs now allows up to 30K transistors per chip. With such a limitation, can you build a 32-bit CISC on a single GaAs chip? Yes, if you build a reduced instruction set computer and emulate the 32-bit CISC on it.
Keywords :
Aerospace materials; Computer aided instruction; Gallium arsenide; Microprocessors; Military computing; Process design; Propagation delay; Reduced instruction set computing; Silicon; Temperature distribution;
Journal_Title :
Micro, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MM.1987.304939
