melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) (03/01/90)
Does anyone know where I can get an overview of the 68040? I would like an article that goes into some detail on how branching and caching are handled. Also, are there any good periodicals that discuss microprocessors in general. It would nice to see the latest microprocessors compared(something I wanted to do in my architecture class but...). -Mike
briel@sctc.com (Marc Briel ) (03/01/90)
Try looking at the last and past issues of IEEE Micro for good micro overview articles. I believe the last issue had a couple of in depth 68040 articles.
eric@oakhill.UUCP (Eric Quintana) (03/02/90)
> >Does anyone know where I can get an overview of the 68040? I would >like an article that goes into some detail on how branching and >caching are handled. Also, are there any good periodicals that >discuss microprocessors in general. It would nice to see the latest >microprocessors compared(something I wanted to do in my architecture >class but...). > >-Mike Try the latest issue of IEEE Micro (Feb 90). This is their "Hot Chips" issue that has articles on some selected architectures. The 68040 article included is the first of two parts. The first part looks at the integer unit (including branch handling) and floating-point unit. The second part (due out in June) looks at the cache design, memory management, and the bus. Eric Quintana ...!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!eric