The Quarter Horse: A Case Study in Rapid Prototyping of a 32-bit Microprocessor Chip
S. Ho, Barry W. Jinks, Thomas F. Knight, J. Schaad, L. Snyder · 1985
Abstract : The Quarter Horse is a single chip 32-bit microprocessor whose design and implementation in custom CMOS was completed in 90 days. The design effort is presented as a case study in managing choice complexity. The factors contributing to the rapid development of a prototype are discussed, as is the processor's architecture. Keywords include: VLSI, RISC, MIPS, PLA, RAM, ALU, CMOS, MOSIS, and SPICE choice complexity.