Microprocessor Architectures and Systems

PrefaceAcknowledgements1 Complex Instruction Set Computers 8-Bit Microprocessors: The Precursors of CISC 8-Bit Microprocessor Register Models Restrictions Addressing Memory System Integrity Requirements for a New Processor Architecture Software Compatibility Enter the MC68000 Complex Instructions, Microcode and Nanocod The MC68000 Hardware M68000 Asynchronous Bus M6800 Synchronous Bus Interrupts Error Recovery and Control Signals Bus Arbitration Typical System The Register Set The USER/SUPERVISOR Concept Exceptions and the Vector Table Addressing Modes Instruction Set Multitasking Operating Systems High-Level Language Support The MC68010 Virtual Memory Processor MC68010 SUPERVISOR Resource Other Improvements The MC68008 The Story Continues2 32-Bit CISC Processors Enter HCMOS Technology Architectural Challenges The MC68020 32-Bit Performance Standard The Programmer's Model Bus Interfaces Dynamic Bus Sizing On-Chip Instruction Cache Debugging Support Coprocessor Interface MC68881 and MC68882 Floating Point Coprocessors The MC68851 Paged Memory Management Unit (PMMU) The MC68030, the First Commercial 50 MHz Processor3 The RISC Challenge The 80/20 Rule The Initial RISC Research The M88000 Family The MC88100 Programming Model The MC88100 Instruction Set MC88100 External Functions MC88200 Cache MMU The MBUS Protocol4 Digital Signal Processing Processor Requirements The DSP56000 Family The Programming Model5 Memory, Memory Management and Caches Achieving Processor Throughput Partitioning the System Shadow RAM DRAM v. SRAM Memory Management Multitasking and User/Supervisor Conflicts Cache Size and Organization Cache Coherency Implementing Memory Systems Conclusions6 Real-Time Software, Interrupts and Exceptions What is Real-Time Software? Responding to an Interrupt Interrupting the Processor Servicing the Interrupt Locating Associated Tasks Context Switches Improving Performance Interrupting an MC88100 MC88100 Interrupt Service Routines Improving Software Performance Interrupting the DSP56000 The M68300 Family Conclusions7 Multiprocessing SISD - Single Instruction, Single Data SIMD - Single Instruction, Multiple Data MIMD - Multiple Instruction, Multiple Data MISD - Multiple Instruction, Single Data Constructing a MIMD Architecture Fault-Tolerant Systems Single- and Multiple-Threaded Operating Systems8 Application Ideas 1 MC68020 and MC68030 Design Technique for High-Reliability Applications 2 Upgrading 8-Bit Systems 3 Transparent Update Techniques for Digit Filters Using the DSP56000 4 Motor and Servo Control9 Semiconductor Technology Silicon Technology CMOS and Bipolar Technology Fabrication Technology Packaging Processor Technology Memory Technology Science Fiction or Not?10 The Changing Design Cycle The Shortening Design Cycle The Double-Edged Sword of Technology Make v. Buy Simulation v. Emulation11 The Next Generations Enter the MC68040 The MC68300 Family Improving the Instruction Set DSP96000 - Combining Integration and Performance12 Selecting a Microprocessor Architecture Meeting Performance Needs Software Support Development Support Standards Built-in Obsolescence Market Changes Considering All the OptionsAppendices A Benchmarking B Binary Compatibility StandardsIndex