Title :
A 200 MHz digital communications processor
Author :
Giacalone, G. ; Brightman, T. ; Brown, Andrew ; Brown, Jason ; Farrell, J. ; Fortino, R. ; Franco, T. ; Funk, A. ; Gillespie, K. ; Gould, E. ; Husak, D. ; McLellan, E. ; Peregoy, B. ; Priore, D. ; Sankey, M. ; Stropparo, P. ; Wise, J.
Author_Institution :
C-Port Corp., North Andover, MA, USA
Abstract :
Digital communications switching, routing and data processing are highly parallelizable and highly dynamic tasks. This digital communications processor (DCP) is a multiple-instruction multiple-data (MIMD) general-purpose communications processor implemented in a 0.25 /spl mu/m dual-gate n-well CMOS process with 6 layers of Al metal, 5 fine, and 1 coarse. The 2.51 cm/sup 2/ die contains 56M transistors and dissipates a maximum of 24 W at 2.5V Vdd.
Keywords :
CMOS digital integrated circuits; digital communication; digital signal processing chips; parallel processing; 0.25 micron; 2.5 V; 200 MHz; 24 W; CMOS chip; MIMD DCP; digital communications processor; Application software; Buffer storage; Communication system control; Context; Data processing; Digital communication; Ethernet networks; Fabrics; Payloads; Registers;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2000. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 2000 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5853-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.2000.839840
