Title
Thunder SPARC processorCatalog Number
102624804Type
Moving ImageDescription
From University Video Communications' catalog:"The Thunder SPARC superscalar microprocessor chipset is the first processor to implement the Metaflow Architecture. This architecture exploits instruction-level parallelism present in conventional sequential programs by hardware means, without relying on sophisticated optimizing compilers. The Thunder processor is capable of executing instruction both out-of-order and speculatively. Unlike conventional processors, instruction execution is not limited to the order in which the instructions were fetched. Instructions following conditional branches are executed speculatively. Based on a predicted direction, the effects of mispredicted branches are quickly repaired. Precise traps and interrupts are supported by the architecture, effectively hiding the complexity of out-of-order, speculative execution from the programmer."
Date
1994-08-15Credits
Lightner, Bruce D.Publisher
University Video CommunicationsIdentifying Numbers
| Deprecated CHM identification number | VT_708.96 |