Ultrasparc I: A four-issue processor supporting multimedia

IEEE Micro

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 42-50

  Tremblay, Marc ^a,b,c,d,e,f   O'Connor, J Michael ^a,b,f,g,h  

^a Sun Microelectronics ^*

^b SUN MICROSYSTEMS   (United States)

^c Sun's Architecture Group

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f IEEE

^g RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER STORAGE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROCOMPUTERS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE; PIPELINE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PROGRAM COMPILERS;

MICROARCHITECTURE; MULTIMEDIA; SUPERSCALAR PROCESSOR; VISUAL INSTRUCTION SET;

REDUCED INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTING;

EID: 0030125973     PISSN: 02721732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/40.491461     Document Type: Article

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