RM7000™ Microprocessor with On-Chip Secondary Cache Datasheet
Released
1 Features
• Dual Issue symmetric superscalar microprocessor with instruction prefetch optimized for
system level price/performance
• 200, 250, 266, 300 MHz operating frequency
• >500 Dhrystone 2.1 MIPS @ 300 MHz
• High-performance system interface
• 1000 MB per second peak throughput
• 125 MHz max. freq., multiplexed address/data
• Supports two outstanding reads with out-of-order return
• Processor clock multipliers 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
• Integrated primary and secondary caches — all are 4-way set associative with 32 byte line size
• 16 KB instruction, 16 KB data, 256 KB on-chip secondary
• Per line cache locking in primaries and secondary
• Fast Packet Cache™ increases system efficiency in
networking applications
• Integrated external cache controller (up to 8 MB)
• High-performance floating-point unit — 600 MFLOPS maximum
• Single cycle repeat rate for common single-precision operations and some double-pre-
cision operations
• Single cycle repeat rate for single-precision combined multiply-add operations
• Two cycle repeat rate for double-precision multiply and double-precision combined
multiply-add operations
• MIPS IV Superset Instruction Set Architecture
• Data PREFETCH instruction allows the processor to overlap cache miss latency and
instruction execution
• Single-cycle floating-point multiply-add
• Integrated memory management unit
• Fully associative joint TLB (shared by I and D translations)
• 64/48 dual entries map 128/96 pages
• Variable page size
• Embedded application enhancements
• Specialized DSP integer Multiply-Accumulate instructions, (MAD/MADU) and three-
operand multiply instruction (MUL)
• I&D Test/Break-point (Watch) registers for emulation & debug
• Performance counter for system and software tuning & debug
• Fourteen fully prioritized vectored interrupts - 10 external, 2 internal, 2 software
• Fully static CMOS design with dynamic power down logic
• RM5271 pin compatible, 304 pin TBGA package, 31x31 mm
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Document ID: PMC-2002175, Issue 1