dictionary definitions for "i860"


From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008) [foldoc]:

  i860
  
     <processor> A 32/64-bit superscalar RISC microprocessor
     from Intel, released in 1989.  Originally codenamed "N10".
     It has a 32-bit integer ALU and a 64-bit {floating-point
     unit}.  It has a 64-bit data bus with an initialisation mode
     which only uses eight bits of the data bus to allow the use of
     a small boot ROM.  It has a 32-bit wide instruction cache
     and a separate 64-bit wide data cache.  It uses {register
     scoreboarding} and register bypassing.  The clock rate is
     33 MHz with a clock-doubled version available.
  
     (1998-03-28)
  


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