• DocumentCode
    2779847
  • Title

    A low-power, high-speed implementation of a PowerPCTM microprocessor vector extension

  • Author

    Schmookler, Martin S. ; Putrino, Michael ; Roth, Charles ; Sharma, Mukesh ; Mather, Anh ; Tyler, Jon ; Van Nguyen, Huy ; Pham, Mydung N. ; Lent, Jeff

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Corp., Austin, TX, USA
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    12
  • Lastpage
    19
  • Abstract
    The AltiVecTM technology is an extension to the PowerPC architectureTM which provides new computational and storage operations for handling vectors of various data lengths and data types. The first implementation using this technology is a low-cost, low-power processor based on the acclaimed PowerPC 750TM microprocessor. This paper describes the microarchitecture and design of the vector arithmetic unit of this implementation
  • Keywords
    computer architecture; digital arithmetic; microcomputers; vector processor systems; AltiVec technology; PowerPC 750 microprocessor; PowerPC architecture; computational operations; data length; data types; high-speed implementation; low-power implementation; microarchitecture; microprocessor vector extension; storage operations; vector arithmetic unit; Arithmetic; CMOS logic circuits; CMOS technology; Computer aided instruction; Costs; Hardware; Microprocessors; Pins; Pipelines; Registers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer Arithmetic, 1999. Proceedings. 14th IEEE Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Adelaide, SA
  • ISSN
    1063-6889
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-0116-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ARITH.1999.762823
  • Filename
    762823
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2779847