Circuits and Technology for Digital's StrongARM(tm) and ALPHA Microprocessors

  • Authors:
  • Daniel W. Dobberpuhl

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • ARVLSI '97 Proceedings of the 17th Conference on Advanced Research in VLSI (ARVLSI '97)
  • Year:
  • 1997

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Abstract

Since the introduction of the first ALPHA microprocessor in 1992, Digital has maintained leadership in absolute CPU performance. During the past year, Digital s StrongARM(tm) processor has also achieved a leadership position as the fastest CPU capable of operating from a single AA battery cell. Some of the key techniques used to achieve this performance are described in this invited paper.