Unix and the Am29000 Microprocessor

Authors:
Daniel Mann
Affiliations:
-
Venue:
IEEE Micro
Year:
1992

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Abstract

Features that make the AM29000 a good Unix host are examined. The discussion covers the C calling sequence, context switching, system calls, interrupt handling, memory access protection, cache support, multiprocessor Unix, floating-point support, and system costs.