Microprocessor Architectures
From VLIW to TTA
1. Edition November 1997
XX, 408 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
The market for single chip microprocessors is huge and their performance continues to increase, driven by the on-going demand for more powerful applications, particularly in the control and signal processing domains. This work introduces a new type of computer architecture, the transport triggered architecture (TTA), designed to alleviate delay problems in existing instruction-level parallel architectures.
ISBN:
978-0-471-97157-3
John Wiley & Sons
ARCHITECTURES: OVERVIEW AND COMPLEXITY.
Problem Statement.
Trends in Computer Architecture.
Bus Complexity.
Complexity of Instruction Level Parallel Processors.
TRANSPORT TRIGGERING CONCEPT.
From VLIW to TTA.
An Example Transport Triggered Processor.
THE DESIGN SPACE OF TRANSPORT TRIGGERED ARCHITECTURES.
Transport Design Space.
Function Unit Design Space.
Register Unit Design Space.
Exception Support.
ARCHITECTURE EVALUATION AND SYNTHESIS.
Evaluation of Architecture Parameters.
Automatic Synthesis of Transport Triggered Processors.
Summary and Perspective.
Appendices.
Glossary.
References.
Index.
Problem Statement.
Trends in Computer Architecture.
Bus Complexity.
Complexity of Instruction Level Parallel Processors.
TRANSPORT TRIGGERING CONCEPT.
From VLIW to TTA.
An Example Transport Triggered Processor.
THE DESIGN SPACE OF TRANSPORT TRIGGERED ARCHITECTURES.
Transport Design Space.
Function Unit Design Space.
Register Unit Design Space.
Exception Support.
ARCHITECTURE EVALUATION AND SYNTHESIS.
Evaluation of Architecture Parameters.
Automatic Synthesis of Transport Triggered Processors.
Summary and Perspective.
Appendices.
Glossary.
References.
Index.