Title :
The PowerPC 604 microprocessor - multimedia ready
Author :
Fuller, Sam ; McGarity, Ralph C. ; Song, S.P.
Author_Institution :
Motorola Inc., Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
The PowerPC 604 microprocessor´s implementation is described including its superscalar dispatch, branch prediction, speculative execution, special instructions, and caches. An example is given showing that the 604 is well suited to multimedia applications
Keywords :
microprocessor chips; multimedia computing; PowerPC 604 microprocessor; branch prediction; caches; multimedia applications; special instructions; speculative execution; superscalar dispatch; Decoding; Delay; Microprocessors; Out of order; Pipelines; Prefetching; System buses; System-on-a-chip; Throughput; Transistors;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1995., Proceedings., Proceedings of the 38th Midwest Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Rio de Janeiro
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2972-4
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.1995.510296
