The iCore 520-MHz Synthesizable CPU Core

  • Authors:
  • Nick Richardson;Lun Bin Huang;Razak Hossain;Julian Lewis;Tommy Zounes;Naresh Soni

  • Affiliations:
  • STMicroelectronics;STMicroelectronics;STMicroelectronics;STMicroelectronics;STMicroelectronics;STMicroelectronics

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Micro
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

A new implementation of the ST20-C2 CPU architecture involves an eight-stage pipeline with hardware support to execute up to three instructions per cycle. The design operates up to 520 MHz at 1.8V, among the highest reported speeds for a synthesized CPU core.