The SuperSPARC microprocessor

The SuperSPARC microprocessor is a highly integrated, high-performance superscalar SPARC version 8 compatible microprocessor. The authors provide an overview of its internal operation and capabilities. The processor contains an integer unit, a double precision floating point unit, fully consistent instruction and data caches, a SPARC reference memory management unit and a dual-mode bus interface supporting either the SPARC standard MBUS or an interface optimized for connection to a companion second-level cache controller chip. The chip is constructed using Texas Instruments 0.8- mu triple-layer metal BiCMOS technology.<
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