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CHAPTER 3
INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE
The Intel486™ SX processor has a 32-bit architecture with on-chip memory management and
level-1 cache.
The IntelDX2™ and IntelDX4™ processors also have a 32-bit architecture with on-chip memory
management and cache, but add clock multiplier and floating-point units. The Intel486 SX and
Intel486 DX processors support dynamic bus sizing for the external data bus; that is, the bus size
can be specified as 8-, 16-, or 32-bits wide.
Internally, the ultra-low power processors are similar to the Intel486 SX processor, but add a
clock control unit. Although the Ultra-Low Power Intel486 SX supports dynamic bus sizing, the
Ultra-Low Power Intel486 GX supports only a 16-bit external data bus. The Ultra-Low Power
Intel486 GX also has advanced power management features.
Table 3-1 lists the functional units of the embedded Intel486 processors.
Figure 3-1 is a block diagram of the embedded IntelDX2 and IntelDX4 processors. Note that the
cache unit is 8-Kbytes for the IntelDX2 processor and 16 Kbytes for the IntelDX4 processor.
Figure 3-2 is a block diagram of the embedded Intel486 SX processor and Figure 3-3 is a block
diagram of the Ultra-Low Power Intel486 SX and the Ultra-Low Power Intel486 GX processors.
Table 3-1. Intel486™ Processor Family Functional Units
Functional Unit
IntelDX2™ and
IntelDX4™ Processors
Intel486™ SX
Processor
Ultra-Low Power
Intel486 SX and
Ultra-Low Power
Intel486 GX Processors
Bus Interface ✓✓✓
Cache (L1) ✓✓✓
Instruction Prefetch ✓✓✓
Instruction Decode ✓✓✓
Control ✓✓✓
Integer and Datapath ✓✓✓
Segmentation ✓✓✓
Paging ✓✓✓
Floating-Point ✓
Clock Multiplier ✓
Clock Control ✓
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