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4th Generation 64-bit PowerPC-Compatible Commercial Processor Design Authors
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@MISC{Salvatore_4thgeneration,
author = {John Borkenhagen Salvatore},
title = {4th Generation 64-bit PowerPC-Compatible Commercial Processor Design Authors},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
IBM's NorthStar superscalar RISC microprocessor integrates high-bandwith and short pipe depth with low latency and zero cycle branch mispredict penalty into a fully scalable 64-bit PowerPC-compatible symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) implementation. Based on PowerPC architecture, the first in the Star Series of microprocessors, the NorthStar processor contains the fundamental design features used in the newly available RS/6000 and AS/400 server systems targeted at leading edge performance in commercial applications as characterized by such industry standard benchmarks as TPC-C, SAP, Lotus Notes and SpecWeb. This paper provides an overview of how the processor microarchitecture, silicon technology, packaging technology, and systems architecture have been leveraged to produce outstanding high-performance in commercial applications and server markets. Follow on microprocessors in the Star Series are also described. The design point and performance attributes of the currently available NorthS...
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star series commercial application design point outstanding high-performance available r low latency edge performance powerpc architecture lotus note scalable 64-bit powerpc-compatible symmetric multiprocessor available north zero cycle branch server market server system industry standard performance attribute silicon technology northstar superscalar risc microprocessor processor microarchitecture system architecture short pipe depth northstar processor fundamental design feature
