Title :
Datapath Design for FISC: A 16-bit P-CODE Microprocessor
Author :
Schoellkopf, J.P.
Author_Institution :
Computer Architecture Group, IMAG, GRENOBLE, BP 68, 38402 St Martin d´´Hÿres Cedex, FRANCE
Abstract :
The Familiar Instruction Set Computer project (FISC) investigates the needs for both topological structures and computer-aided-design tools to implement, on silicon, computers defined by their instruction set. The first FISC chip implements a datapath for P-CODE execution (P-CODE is a target-language for PASCAL): its 16-bit internal architecture consists in three datapaths for addresses, data and instruction flow. Its architecture and layout are presented and discussed.
Keywords :
Clocks; Computer aided instruction; Computer architecture; Concurrent computing; Counting circuits; Microprocessors; Rails; Read-write memory; Registers; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1983. ESSCIRC '83. Ninth European
Conference_Location :
Lausanne, Switzerland
Print_ISBN :
2-88074-021-5
