Title :
Challenges in PowerPC440-FS soft core development: timing perspective
Author :
Biggs, Terry ; Umino, Ken ; Shi, Kaijian
Author_Institution :
Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, CA
Abstract :
This paper described timing perspective challenges in PowerPC440 soft core development and provided solutions. Various micro architectures and memory implementations have been explored, and physical synthesis strategies and clock skew management have been developed to meet the challenging speed target
Keywords :
cache storage; clocks; microprocessor chips; timing; PowerPC440-FS; clock skew management; memory implementations; micro architectures; physical synthesis strategies; soft core development; timing perspective; Clocks; Foundries; Logic design; Memory architecture; Memory management; Microprocessors; Registers; Softening; Throughput; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
ASIC, 2005. ASICON 2005. 6th International Conference On
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9210-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICASIC.2005.1611274
