daryl@hpcllla.cup.hp.com (Daryl Odnert) (11/14/90)
Some of the previous responses have mentioned the CRISP machine.
I thought I'd post pointers to info:
D. R. Ditzel, H. R. McLellan, and A. D. Berenbaum,
"The Hardware Architecture of the CRISP Microprocessor",
Proceedings fo the 14th Annual Symposium on Computer
Architecture, 1987.
Other articles releated to the CRISP machine appeared in:
ASPLOS II, October 1987.
COMPCON, February 1987.
ISSCC, February 1987.
Daryl Odnert daryl@hpcllla.cup.hp.com
Hewlett-Packard
Cupertino, CApeter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) (11/15/90)
Well, there was the TI 990 microprocessor... it used main memory for its "registers", including the PC. Of course it didn't have a cache to speak of, so it ran like molasses, but it was still an interesting idea. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com
jkenton@pinocchio.encore.com (Jeff Kenton) (11/15/90)
From article <OB:6E7B@xds13.ferranti.com>, by peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva): > Well, there was the TI 990 microprocessor... it used main memory for > its "registers", including the PC. Of course it didn't have a cache to > speak of, so it ran like molasses, but it was still an interesting > idea. The TI 990 was an interesting idea. TI was apparently so impressed by the way the hardware effort went that it put the hardware guy responsible in charge of software as well. Horror stories on request. ----- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ----- ----- jeff kenton: consulting at jkenton@pinocchio.encore.com ----- ----- until 11/30/90 -- always at (617) 894-4508 ----- ----- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -----