Title :
Design and test of the PowerPC 603 microprocessor
Author :
Vida-Torku, Kofi E. ; Malley, Charles H. ; Park, Sung ; Reed, Rowland
Author_Institution :
IBM Corp., Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
The PowerPC 603 microprocessor is a powerful low-cost implementation of the PowerPC architecture specification. The structured design, logic verification and test data generation methodologies of the 603 are presented in this paper. The success of these methodologies has been demonstrated by meeting the 603´s aggressive time-to-market goals
Keywords :
circuit CAD; computer testing; design for testability; integrated circuit testing; logic CAD; logic testing; microprocessor chips; CAD; PowerPC 603 microprocessor; PowerPC architecture specification; logic verification; low-cost implementation; structured design; test data generation methodologies; Clocks; Design methodology; Energy management; Frequency; Logic design; Logic testing; Microprocessors; Phase locked loops; Power dissipation; Prefetching;
Conference_Titel :
European Design and Test Conference, 1995. ED&TC 1995, Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7039-8
DOI :
10.1109/EDTC.1995.470368