IBM PowerPC 750GX User Manual

User’s Manual
IBM PowerPC 750GX and 750GL RISC Microprocessor
750gx_umIX.fm.(1.2)
March 27, 2006
Index
Page 375 of 377
Stall, definition, 211
Static branch prediction
, 216, 229
stwcx.
, 162
Superscalar, definition
, 211
sync
, 162
SYNC operation
, 143
Synchronization
context/execution synchronization
, 90
execution of rfi
, 161
memory synchronization instructions
, 113, 114
SYSCLK (system clock) signal
, 277
System call exception
, 171
System linkage instructions
, 108, 118
System register unit
execution timing
, 234
latency, CR logical instructions
, 240
latency, system register instructions
, 238
T
TA (transfer acknowledge) signal, 268
Table search flow (primary and secondary)
, 204
TBL/TBU (time base lower and upper) registers
, 60, 62
TBST
(transfer burst) signal, 259, 294, 303
TEA
(transfer error acknowledge) signal, 269, 307
Termination
, 300, 303
Thermal assist unit (TAU)
, 343
Thermal management interrupt exception
, 174
THRMn (thermal management) registers
, 78
Throughput, definition
, 211
Timing diagrams, interface
address transfer signals
, 292
burst transfers with data delays
, 314
single-beat reads
, 310
single-beat reads with data delays
, 312
single-beat writes
, 311
single-beat writes with data delays
, 313
use of TEA
, 315
using DBWO
, 320
Timing, instruction
BPU execution timing
, 225
branch timing example
, 231
cache hit
, 220
cache miss
, 223
execution unit
, 225
FPU execution timing
, 232
instruction dispatch
, 224
instruction flow
, 215
instruction scheduling guidelines
, 236
IU execution timing
, 232
latency summary
, 238
load/store unit execution timing
, 233
SRU execution timing
, 234
stage, definition
, 211
TLB
description
, 199
invalidate (tlbie instruction)
, 201, 207
LRU replacement
, 201
organization for ITLB and DTLB
, 199
TLB miss and table search operation
, 200, 204
TLB invalidate
description
, 201
TLB management instructions
, 120
TLB miss, effect
, 236
tlbie
, 120
tlbsync
, 120
Transactions, data cache
, 140
Transfer
, 292, 303
Trap instructions
, 108
TS
(transfer start) signal, 253, 292
TSIZn (transfer size) signals
, 258, 294
TTn (transfer type) signals
, 256, 294
U, V, W
UMMCR0 (user monitor mode control register 0), 73, 351
UMMCR1 (user monitor mode control register 1)
, 74, 351
UPMCn (user performance monitor counter) registers
,
75, 354
Use of TEA
, timing, 315
User instruction set architecture (UISA)
description, 41
registers
, 59
USIA (user sampled instruction address) register
, 76,
355
Using DBWO
, timing, 320
Virtual environment architecture (VEA)
, 41
WIMG bits
, 308
Write-back, definition
, 211
Write-through mode (W bit)
cache interactions, 125
Write-with-Atomic operation
, 143
Write-with-Flush operation
, 143
Write-with-Kill operation
, 143
WT
(write-through) signal, 260
X
XER register, 59

IBM PowerPC 750GX Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	PowerPC 750GX
Category	Computer Hardware
Language	English