Published Paper & Book References

(Last modified on 06/27/00 )

Architectures:

Alpha Arm MIPS Java PA-RISC x86

PowerPC SH Sparc VAX 68k Other

General Reference

A Practitioner's Guide to RISC Microprocessor Architecture,
Patrick H. Stakem. (ISBN: 0471130184)

Alpha

Alpha Implementations and Architecture: Complete Reference and Guide,
Dileep Bhandarkar. (ISBN: 1555581307)

21364
Alpha 21364: A Scalable Single-chip SMP
Microprocessor Forum 1998

21264
The Alpha 21264 Microprocessor: Out-of-Order Execution at 600 MHz.
Hot Chips 10 (98); pp 1.1.x
Design Tradeoffs in Stall-Control Circuits for 600 MHz Instruction Queues
ISSCC 98; pp 232-233
The Alpha 21264: A 500 MHz Out-of-Order Execution Microprocessor
CompCon 97; pp ??
A 600 MHz Superscalar RISC Microprocessor with Out-Of-Order Execution.
ISSCC 97
The 21264: A Superscalar Alpha Processor with Out of Order Execution
Microprocessor Forum 1996

21164a
Design Objective of the 0.35-micron Alpha 21164 Microprocessor
Hot Chips VIII (96); pp 1.2.x
A 433MHz 64b Quad-Issue RISC Microprocessor
ISSCC 96; pp 222-223
The Alpha 21164A: Continued Performance Leadership.
Microprocessor Forum 1995

21164
Internal Architecture of the Alpha 21164 Microprocessor
CompCon 95; pp ??
A 300 MHz Quad-Issue CMOS RISC Microprocessor
ISSCC 95; pp 182-183
An Overview of the 21164 Alpha AXP Microprocessor
Hot Chips VI (94); pp 1.1.x

21164PC
Transforming the PC Industry: Introducing the Alpha 21164PC.
??; pp ??
The Alpha 21164PC Microprocessor
CompCon 97; pp ??

21066
DECchip 21066: The Alpha AXP Chip for Cost-Focused Systems
CompCon 94; pp 406-413
DECchip 21066 - Alpha AXP Architecture Processor for Low-Cost Systems
Hot Chips V (93); pp 1.1.x

21064
DEC Alpha Architecture and 21064 Chip
Hot Chips IV (92); pp 1.1.x
A 200 MHz 64b Dual-Issue CMOS Microprocessor
ISSCC 92; pp 106-107

ARM

StrongARM

SA-1500: A 300 MHz RISC CPU with Attached Media Processor
Hot Chips 10 (98); pp 8.3.x
The StrongARM SA-1100 - A Portable Communications Microprocessor
Hot Chips IX (97); pp 7.3.x
StrongARM 110: A 160 MHz 32b 0.5W CMOS ARM Processor
Hot Chips VIII (96); pp 4.2.x
High Performance, Low Power Processor Design.
Keynote, ISLPED 96, pp 11-16
StrongARM: A High Performance ARM Processor.
CompCon 96; pp ??
A 160MHz 32b 0.5W CMOS RISC Microprocessor
ISSCC 96; pp 214-215
StrongARM Core SA-1: A High Performance ARM Processor
Microprocessor Forum 1995

ARM8
ARM810 - Dancing to the Beat of a Different Drum
Hot Chips VIII (96); pp 4.1.x

ARM6
ARM6 a High Performance Low Power Consumption Mcarocell
CompCon 93; pp 80-87
The ARM600 Processor and FPA
Hot Chips IV (92); pp 3.3.x

Amulet (Univ. of Manchester)
AMULET2e
Hot Chips VIII (96); pp 8.2.x
AMULET1: A Micropipelined ARM
CompCon 94; pp 476-485
A Micropipelined ARM
VLSI 93; pp ??
AMULET1 - An Asynchronous ARM Processor
Hot Chips V (93); pp 7.1.x

MIPS

Quantum Effect Design: RM7000
Microprocessor Forum 1996
MIPS R10000 Superscalar Microprocessor
Hot Chips VII (95); pp 7.4.x
R4200: A High-Performance MIPS Microprocessor for Portables
CompCon 94; pp 18-25
The Design of a 55PSECint92 RISC Processor under 2W (R4200)
ISSCC 94; pp 206-207
A 300MIPs, 300MFLOPs 4-Issue CMOS Superscalar Microprocessor. (TFP)
ISSCC 94; pp 204-205
ICE: A High-performance MIPS Microprocessor for Portables. (R4200)
Hot Chips V (93); pp 1.2.x
Silicon Graphics' TFP Micro-Supercomputer Chipset
Hot Chips V (93); pp 8.3.x

Java

PicoJava: A hardware Implementation of the Java Virtual Machine
Hot Chips VIII (96); pp 4.3.x

PA-RISC

PA 8500

Techniques for Mitigating Memory Latency in the Pa-8500 Processor
Hot Chips 10 (98); pp 1.3.x
PA-8500: The Continuing Evolution of the PA-8000 Family
CompCon 97; pp ??

PA 8000
The HP PA-8000 RISC CPU: A High Performance Out-of-Order Processor
Hot Chips VIII (96); pp 1.1.x
A Quad-Issue Out-of-Order RISC CPU
ISSCC 96; pp 210-211
Memory Performance Features of the 64-bit PA-8000.
Hot Chips VII (95); pp 3.3.x
Advanced Performance Features of the 64-bit PA-8000.
CompCon 95; pp ??

PA 7300LC
PA7300LC Integrates 128k Cache for Cost/Performance
CompCon 96; pp ??

PA 7200
PA7200: A PA-RISC Processor w/ Integrated High Performance MP Bus Interface.
CompCon 94; pp 375-382

PA 7100LC
A low-cost graphics and multimedia workstation chip set
IEEE Micro Apr. 94; pp. 10-22
Hummingbird: A Low-Cost Superscalar PA-RISC Processor
Hot Chips V (93); pp 1.3.x
HP's PA7100LC: A low-cost superscalar PA-RISC processor
CompCon 93; pp. 441-447

PA 7100
Performance features of the PA7100 microprocessor
IEEE Micro June 93; pp. 22-25
A 200 MFLOP HP PA-RISC Processor
Hot Chips IV (92); pp 1.2.x
High-speed superscalar PA-RISC processor
CompCon 92; pp. 116-121

Misc.
A PA-RISC Microprocessor PA/50L for Low-Cost Systems.
CompCon 94; pp 47-52
A 66MHz PA-RISC Embedded Controller with 80486DX-Like Bus Interface.
CompCon 94; pp 53-57
A 120MHz BiCMOS Superscalar PA-RISC Processor (HARP1)
Hot Chips V (93); pp 8.1.x

x86

Intel
- The Pentium II CPU: A High Performance Dynamic Execution Processor with MMX Technology
  Hot Chips IX (97); pp 11.3.x
- A 300 MHz CMOS Microprocessor with Multi-Media Extensions.
  ISSCC 97
- The Impact of Dynamic Execution techniques on the Data Path Design of the P6 Proc.
  Hot Chips VII (95); pp 2.1.x
- A 0.6um BiCMOS Processor with Dynamic Execution
  ISSCC 95; pp 176-177
  
  P55C (Pentium w/ MMX)
- The Pentium Processor with MMX Technology
  CompCon 97; pp ??
- The P55C Microarchitecture - First Implementation of MMX Technology
  Hot Chips VIII (96); pp 5.2.x
- Intel MMX Technology - an Overview
  Hot Chips VIII (96); pp 5.1.x
  
  P5 (Pentium)
- A 3.3V 0.6um BiCMOS Superscalar Processor
  ISSCC 94; pp 202-203
- An Overview of the Intel Pentium Processor
  CompCon 93; pp 60-62
- Superscalar Architecture of the P5 - X86 Next Generation Processor
  Hot Chips IV (92); pp 8.2.x
NextGen
- A 93 MHz x86 Micropocessor with On-Chip L2 Cache Controller (N586)
  ISSCC 95; pp 172-173
AMD
- (PDF) Future PC System Architecture. (K7)
  WinHEC 1999
- AMD-K7 Technology Presentation.
  Microprocessor Forum 1998
- An X86 Microprocessor with Multi-Media Extensions (K6-2)
  ISSCC 97
- AMD-K6 Processor Microarchitecture Overview And Product Update
  Microprocessor Forum 1996
- The AMD K5 Processor.
  Hot Chips VII (95); pp 2.2.x
Cyrix
- MXi: A High Performance x86 Process with Integrated 3D Graphics
  Hot Chips 10 (98); pp 8.1.x
- Multimedia Instruction Set Extensions for a 6th Generation Processor
  Hot Chips VIII (96); pp 5.3.x
- A Multimedia-enhanced X86 Microprocessor (5x86)
  ISSCC 96; pp 220-221
Centaur
- The Windows Microprocessor (WinChip 4)
  Microprocessor Forum 1998
- IDT-C6 Processor (WinChip)
  PC Tech Forum I

PowerPC

IBM S/390 G5 Processor
Hot Chips 10 (98); pp 5.1.x

G4
AltiVec Technology: Accelerating Media Processing Across the Spectrum
Hot Chips 10 (98); pp 5.3.x

750CX
PowerPC 750CX Processor: High Performance with Intergrate Multilevel Caching.
Embedded Processor Forum 2000;

750 (G3)
A 250MHz 5W PowerPC Microprocessor with On-Chip L2 Cache Controller
Hot Chips IX (97); pp 11.1.x
A 250MHz 5W RISC Microprocessor with On-Chip L2 Cache Controller
ISSCC 97

x704
A 533 MHz BiCMOS Superscalar Microprocessor
ISSCC 97

620
The PowerPC 620 Microprocesor: A High Performance Superscalar RISC Microprocessor.
CompCon 95; pp ??
133 MHz 64b Four-Issue CMOS Microprocessor.
ISSCC 95; pp 174-175

604
The Design of an Enhanced Performance Low-voltage PowerPC 604e Microproecssor
CompCon 96; pp ??
The PowerPC 604 RISC Microprocessor.
IEEE Micro, 10/94; pp ??
PowerPC 604
Hot Chips VI (94); pp 8.1.x

603
The 603q Microprocessor
Microprocessor Forum 1996
A 200 MHz 2.5V 4W Supersclar RISC Microprocessor (603ev)
ISSCC 96; pp 218-219
The PowerPC 603 Uproc.: A High Performance, Low Power, Superscalar RISC Uproc.
CompCon 94; pp 300-306
The PowerPC 603 Microprocessor: A Low-Power Design for Portable Applications
CompCon 94; pp 307-315
A 3.0W 75SPECint92 85SPECfp92 Superscalar RISC Microprocessor. (603)
ISSCC 94; pp 212-214

602
The First PowerPC PDA Microprocessor.
Hot Chips VII (95); pp 7.2.x
A New PowerPC Microprocessor for the Low Power Computing Market.
CompCon 95; pp ??
A 1.2W 66 MHz Superscalar RISC Uproc. for Set-Top, Video Game, and PDA.
ISSCC 95; pp 180-181

601
Resolution of Data and Control-Flow Dependencies in the PowerPC 601
IEEE Micro, 10/94; pp ??
601 PowerPC Microprocessor
Hot Chips V (93); pp 8.2.x
The PowerPC 601 Microprocessor
CompCon 93; pp 109-116

Misc.
A 1.0GHz Single-Issue 64b PowerPC Integer Processor
ISSCC 98; pp 230-231
Designing the PowerPC 60x Bus
IEEE Micro, 10/94; pp ??
The PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture
IEEE Micro, 10/94; pp ??

SH (Hitachi)

SH4 RISC Microprocessor for Multimedia
Hot Chips IX (97); pp 7.1.x
SH-II: A Low Power RISC Micro for Consumer Applications
Hot Chips VI (94); pp 4.2.x
The SH Microproc.: 16-bit Fixed Length Instruction Set Provides Better Power and Die Size
CompCon 94; pp 486-488

Sparc

Sun/STB
- UltraSPARC III: A 600 MHz 64-bit Superscalar Processor for 1000-way Scalable Systems.
  Hot Chips 10 (98); pp 1.2.x
- UltraSPARC IIi - A highly integrated 300 MHz 64-bit SPARC V9 CPU
  Hot Chips IX (97); pp 11.2.x
- A 330 MHz 4-Way Superscalar Microprocessor
  ISSCC 97
- UltraSPARC-II: The Advancement of Ultra Computing. (pdf)
  CompCon 96; pp ??
- The Design of the Microarchitecture of UltraSPARC-I.
  Proceedings of the IEEE, Dec. 1995; pp. 1653-63
- A 64-b Microprocessor with Multimedia Support.
  IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Nov. 1995; pp. 1227-38
- UltraSPARC-I: A 64-bit Superscalar Processor with Multi-Media Support.
  Hot Chips VII (95); pp 7.1.x
- UltraSPARC: Next Generation Superscalar 64-Bit SPARC.
  CompCon 95; pp ??
- A 64b Microprocessor with Multimedia Support
  ISSCC 95; pp 178-179
  
  Other
- Highly Integrated SPARC Processor Implementation (Tsunami)
  Hot Chips IV (92); pp 3.1.x
- The Second Generation SPARCore Mbus Modules (HyperSparc)
  Hot Chips IV (92); pp 8.1.x
- A Three-Million-Transistor Microprocessor (SuperSparc)
  ISSCC 92; pp 108-109
HaL
- Perf. Eval. of the Superscalar Speculative Execution HaL SPARC64 Processor.
  Hot Chips VII (95); pp 3.1.x
- SPARC64+: HaL's Second Generation 64-bit SPARC Processor
  Hot Chips VII (95); pp 3.2.x
- Architectural Overview of HaL Systems.
  CompCon 95; pp ??
- Microarchitecture of HaL's CPU.
  CompCon 95; pp ??
- Microarchitecture of HaL's Memory Management Unit.
  CompCon 95; pp ??
- Microarchitecture of HaL's Cache Subsystem.
  CompCon 95; pp ??
- A 64b 4-issue Out-of-order Execution RISC Processor (HaL)
  ISSCC 95; pp 170-171
Metaflow
- The Thunder SPARC Processor.
  Hot Chips VI (94); pp 8.2.x
- The Metaflow Lightning chipset
  CompCon 91; pp 13-18
- The Metaflow architecture
  IEEE Micro June 91; pp 10-23

VAX

A 100 MHz Macropipelined CISC CMOS Microprocessor (NVAX)
ISSCC 92; pp 104-105

68000

The Superscalar Hardware Architecture of the MC68060
Hot Chips VI (94); pp 8.3.x
Motorola 68060
CompCon 93; pp 73-78

Other

MicroUnity

Architecture of a broadband MediaProcessor
CompCon 96; pp ??
MicroUnity Software Development Environment
CompCon 96; pp ??
Broadband Algortihms with the MicroUnity MediaProcessor
CompCon 96; pp ??
Architecture of a Broadband MediaProcessor.
Microprocessor Forum 1995

Mpact
Hardware/software Interaction on the Mpact Media Processor
Hot Chips VIII (96); pp 6.2.x
Redefining the Multimedia PC with the Mpact Media Processor.
CompCon 96; pp ??

TriMedia
The Trimedia TM-1 PCI VLIW Processor
Hot Chips VIII (96); pp 6.1.x
The TriMedia Multimedia Processor.
CompCon 96; pp ??

Hobbit
Hobbit: A High-Performance, Low-Power Microprocessor
CompCon 93; pp 88-95
A VLSI Chip Set for Personal Communications Systems.
Hot Chips IV (92); pp 4.1.x

Miscellaneous
A 150 MIPS/W CMOS RISC Processor for PDA Applications.
ISSCC 95; pp 114-115
A 1000 MIPS BiCMOS Microprocessor with Superscalar Architecture,
ISSCC 92; pp 114-115

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