FEATURES

? Dual-Issue symmetric superscalar microprocessor

? 500MHz max CPU frequency

? Capable of issuing two instructions per clock cycle

? Integrated primary and secondary caches

? 16KB Instruction, 16KB Data, and 256KB on-chip secondary

? All are 4-way set associative with 32-byte line size

? Per-line locking in primary and secondary caches

? Fast Packet Cache? increases system efficiency in networking applications

? Integrated external cache controller

? Allows up to 8Mbyte of external cache for applications with large data sets

? High-performance system interface

? 1000 Mbyte per-second peak throughput

? 125 MHz max. freq., multiplexed address/data bus (SysAD)

? Supports two outstanding reads with out-of-order return

? High-performance floating-point unit

? 1000 MFLOPS maximum

? IEEE754 compliant single and double precision floating-point operations

? 64-bit MIPS 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 TLB

? 64/48 dual entries map 128/96 pages

? Variable page size

? Embedded application enhancements

? Fourteen fully prioritized vectored interrupts-10 external, 2 internal, 2 software

? Specialized DSP integer Multiply Accumulate instructions (MAD/MADU), and three-operand Multiply instruction (MUL)

? I and D Test/Break-point (Watch) registers for emulation and debug

? Performance counter for system and software tuning and debug

APPLICATIONS

? Voice Gateways

? Multi-Service Access Platforms

? DSLAMs/Access Concentrators

? Remote Access Switches

? Web Switches

? Layer 3 Switches

? Backbone Switches/Routers

? RAIDs

? Set Top Boxes

? Networked Printers

? Cellular Base Stations