R10000 Microprocessor User's Manual
This user's manual describes the R10000 superscalar microprocessor for the system designer, paying special attention to the external interface and the transfer protocols.
This chapter describes the following:
- MIPS ISA
- what makes a generic superscalar microprocessor
- specifics of the R10000 superscalar microprocessor
- implementation-specific CPU instructions
Chapter Contents
- 1.1 - MIPS Instruction Set Architecture (ISA)
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- 1.2 - What is a Superscalar Processor?
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- 1.3 - What is an R10000 Microprocessor?
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- 1.4 - Instruction Queues
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- 1.5 - Program Order and Dependencies
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- 1.6 - R10000 Pipelines
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- 1.7 - Implications of R10000 Microarchitecture on Software
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- 1.8 - R10000-Specific CPU Instructions
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- 1.9 - Performance
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