Microprocessor design innovations
TAYEB A. GIUMA, Simon Warden · 1994
This paper reviews new innovations in microprocessor design. Transistor technologies, clock speed, execution throughput, and other innovations such as parallel processing are discussed. The utilization of superscalar pipelines, powerful on-chip floating point units, and enhanced internal caches are illustrated from new design approaches in three next-generation processors: the Intel Pentium, the DEC 21064 "Alpha", and the Motorola MPC 601 "PowerPC".