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- From: doconnor@sedona.intel.com (Dennis O'Connor)
- Newsgroups: comp.arch
- Subject: Re: RTX and SC32
- Date: 5 Nov 92 08:54:08
- Organization: Intel i960(tm) Architecture
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- In-reply-to: adams@pdv3.fmr.maschinenbau.th-darmstadt.de's message of Thu, 5 Nov 1992 00:19:09 GMT
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- adams@pdv3.fmr.maschinenbau.th-darmstadt.de (Adams) writes:
- ] The FRP1600 does a 16x16 multiply in one cycle (100ns--80ns--66ns).
- ]
- ] A 10MHz FRP1600 does 16x16bit multiply at least 5 times faster than
- ] a 33MHz AMD29000.
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- The Intel i960(R) CA microprocessor does a 32x32->32 bit multiply in
- 4 or 5 cycles, depending on the data. It does the multiply in
- a separate on-chip subunit, so succeediing instruction execution
- can proceed (barring an interlock) in parrallel with the multiply.
- The i960 CA is available in a 33 MHz speed grade, leading to
- a 32-bit multiply time of 120 to 150 ns. A 32x32->64 bit mul takes
- 4-6 cycles ( 120 to 180 ns ).
-
- And remember, it takes 4 16x16 multiplies and 3 32-bit adds
- ( minimum ) to do a 32x32 bit multiply. How long does that
- take on the FRP1600 ?
-
- Some older RISC architectures didn't implement fast multiply
- at first but added it in later products. There's no causal
- relationship between architectural class ( RISC, CISC, Stack, VLIW )
- and multiply speed.
-
- ] This example was not dedicated to any particular advantage of stack
- ] machines, but to an area RISC chips did tend to loose.
-
- The i960 CA RISC (mainly) microprocessor has been around for years.
- You didn't compare to the right RISC chip.
-
- ] For realtime and controller applications, FORTH chips and stack machines
- ] may blow RISCs out of the water, yes, they run much faster....
-
- The i960 family has delivered over 1 million units into embedded
- and control applications. In typical Intel fashion, I tend to
- measure an arhcitectures success by the revenue it generates ...
- after all, the silicon itself is only one peice of the solution.
- --
- Dennis O'Connor doconnor@sedona.intel.com
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