Mumbai University > Computer Engineering > Sem 5 > Microprocessor

Marks: 10M

Year: Dec 2014

Features of SuperSPARC processor are as follows:

1. UI pipeline redesign.
2. Read sources in parallel with decode.
3. Full cycle branch prediction.
4. PC Selection and Pre-fetch Logic.
5. Split MMU.
6. Better FPU.
7. Full Cycle Interface.
8. FPU-IU D-Cache interface redesign.
9. D-Cache-BUS Interface redesign.
10. Rising Edge design.
11. Better inter-unit exception handling protocols.
12. Better DFT features.
13. Enhanced BSCAN.
14. Dual Byte Ordering Support