Computer architecture issues in superconductive microprocessors

Author

Fleischman, J. ; Van Duzer, T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

Volume

3

Issue

1

fYear

1993

fDate

3/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2716

Lastpage

2719

Abstract

Results on instruction use in general-purpose computers and some techniques used in conventional high-performance computer architectures are described. Synchronous and asynchronous computer architectures are discussed, and three representative superconductor circuit technologies and the architecture proposed for each of them are described. The architectures are the quantum flux parametron, modified variable threshold logic, and rapid single-flux-quantum logic. Superconductive digital systems are also examined.<>

Keywords

computer architecture; microprocessor chips; superconducting junction devices; superconducting processor circuits; MVTL; QFP; SFQ; asynchronous computer architectures; digital systems; modified variable threshold logic; quantum flux parametron; rapid single-flux-quantum logic; superconductive microprocessors; superconductor circuit technologies; synchronous architectures; Cache memory; Computer aided instruction; Computer architecture; Costs; Design engineering; Digital circuits; Digital systems; Microprocessors; Military computing; Superconductivity;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.233988

Filename

233988