Heterogeneous Von Neumann/dataflow microprocessors

Tiled microprocessors

Vector Microprocessors

Vector Microprocessors

Microprocessors: The New LUT

Hardware design for high performance computing appears to be reaching its limits on several fronts. In the desktop microprocessor world, clock speeds seem to have reached their peak somewhere below 10 GHz. Power consumption has begun to approach, and in some cases surpass, 100 W. These issues, along with the problems of managing designs of approximately a billion transistors have caused one of ...

Evaluatable, High-Assurance Microprocessors

The CAPS (Collins Adaptive Processing System) is a family of Rockwell Collins proprietary processors. In a multiyear IR&D effort, Rockwell Collins adapted and developed techniques that allow for formal code verification of the microcode running on members of this family. The motivation for this research was that CAPS microprocessors are used in some of the most safety-critical products that Roc...

Range for Microprocessors

A microprocessor clock generator based upon an analog phase-locked loop (PLL) is described for deskewing the internal logic control clock to an external system clock. This PLL is fully integrated onto a 1.2-million-transistor microprocessor in 0 . 8 p CMOS technology without the need for external components. It operates with a lock range from 5 up to 110 MHz. The clock skew is less than 0.1 ns,...