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Volume 38, Number 5, 1994
POWER2 and PowerPC architecture |
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DOI: 10.1147/rd.385.0605 |
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Design considerations for the PowerPC 601 microprocessor |
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by M. T. Vaden, L. J. Merkel, C. R. Moore, T. M. Potter, and R. J. Reese |
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The PowerPC 601* microprocessor (601) is the first member of a
family of processors that support IBM's PowerPC Architecture*.
The 601 is a general-purpose processor based on a superscalar
design point. As with any development effort, the 601
development program had several different, often conflicting,
design goals. The most important requirements were support for
the PowerPC Architecture, a short development cycle, competitive
performance and cost, compatibility with existing POWER
applications, and support for mulitprocessing. This paper
describes several aspects of the 601 design and discusses some
of the design trade-offs considered in those areas.
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*IBM, PowerPC, PowerPC Architecture, and PowerPC 601 are all trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation.
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