Title :
The 32b computer instruction decoding unit
Author :
Richardson, William ; Bayliss, J. ; Colley, S. ; Kravitz, R. ; McCormick, G. ; Wilde, D. ; Wittmer, L.
Author_Institution :
Intel Corporation, Aloha, OR, USA
Abstract :
The chip for instruction decoding unit to be discussed contains over 100,000 transistors and is 320 mils square. Its functions are to decode bit-aligned, variable-length instructions and produce microinstructions and data.
Keywords :
Computer aided instruction; Computer architecture; Data mining; Decoding; Economic indicators; Frequency; Multiplexing; Pipelines; Programmable logic arrays; Read only memory;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference. Digest of Technical Papers. 1981 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
New York, NY, USA
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.1981.1156185
