Circuits and microarchitecture for gigahertz VLSI designs

Author

Nowka, Kevin J. ; Hofstee, H. Peter

Author_Institution

Res. Lab., IBM Corp., Austin, TX, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

15-16 Sep 1997

Firstpage

284

Lastpage

287

Abstract

IBM founded the Austin Research Laboratory to investigate high-performance microprocessor-based systems. Initial efforts have focused on design for high frequency. This resulted in the completion prototype for a 64-bit PowerPC processor core early in 1997. The prototype is expected to run at 800 MHz in 0.25 micron CMOS technology. We discuss clocking strategy, circuit design, microarchitecture, methodology, and the testing strategy needed to achieve this frequency

Keywords

CMOS digital integrated circuits; VLSI; computer architecture; computer testing; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit testing; microprocessor chips; timing; 0.25 micron; 64 bit; 800 MHz; PowerPC processor core; circuit design; clocking strategy; gigahertz VLSI designs; microarchitecture; testing strategy; Circuit synthesis; Circuit testing; Clocks; Jitter; Laboratories; Logic design; Logic testing; Microarchitecture; Prototypes; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Research in VLSI, 1997. Proceedings., Seventeenth Conference on

Conference_Location

Ann Arbor, MI

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7913-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ARVLSI.1997.634860

Filename

634860

Link To Document

https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2142000