
	Where results make sense

Topic: 320xx microprocessor

	88000 Microprocessor - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		The 88000 (m88k for short) is a microprocessor design produced by Motorola.
		A microprocessor is a programmable digital electronic component that incorporates the functions of...
		Pentium III, Pentium 4; Intel Itanium, Xeon, i860, i960 Motorola 6800, MOS Technologies 6502, Motorola 6809; Motorola 68000 family, 88000, ColdFire 320xx microprocessor; Inmos...
	encarta.msn.com /88000_Microprocessor.html (175 words)

	320xx microprocessor
		The 320xx processors have a coprocessor[?] interface which allows coprocessors such as FPUs and MMUs to be attached in a chain.
		The 320xx was the predecessor of the Swordfish microprocessor[?].
		There was a completely different 320xx series made by Western Digital, another by Texas Instruments and probably others made by other companies.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/32/320xx.html (422 words)

	Computing > 320xx microprocessor : Meso Gunus Web Guides
		Originally, the word computing was synonymous with counting and calculating, and a computer was a person who computes.
		Since the advent of the electronic computer, it has come to also mean the operation and usage of these machines, the electrical processes carried out within the computer hardware itself.
		Monday 19th of November 2007 04:43:56 PM Computing > 320xx microprocessor
	computing.mesogunus.com /computing/320xx-microprocessor (91 words)

	Qwika - NS320xx
		The 320xx or ns32000 is a series of microprocessors from National Semiconductor ("NS", "Natsemi").
		They were likely the first 32-bit general-purpose microprocessors on the market, but due to a number of factors never managed to become a major player.
		The 320xx series was also used as the basis of the Swordfish series of microcontrollers.
	wikipedia.qwika.com /wiki/NS32032 (736 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > 320xx (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 320xx processors have a coprocessor[?] interface which allows coprocessors such as FPUs and MMUs to be attached in a chain.
		The 320xx was the predecessor of the Swordfish microprocessor[?].
		Nonetheless, reliability trouble made the early 320XX fairly unpopular, and Natsemi were forced to sell them at much lower prices than the competing Motorola 68000 in order to sell any at all.
	encyclopedia.kids.net.au /page/32/320xx (447 words)

	Microprocessor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The microprocessor (sometimes abbreviated µP) was born by reducing the word size of the central processing unit from 32 bit to 4 bit, so that it would fit onto a single semiconducting integrated circuit (IC).
		Microprocessors made possible the advent of the microcomputer.
		Other early multi-chip 16-bit microprocessors include one used by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in the LSI-11 OEM board set and the packaged PDP 11/03 minicomputer, and the Fairchild Semiconductor MicroFlame 9440, both of which were introduced in the 1975 to 1976 timeframe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Microprocessor (3191 words)

	Microprocessor Summary
		In fact, the microprocessor may later be regarded as one of the most important developments in the history of humanity, along with fire, the wheel, and electricity.
		Microprocessor process technology of the future must be able to find a way to overcome the limitations submicroscopic wires impose on electron speed, clock frequencies, heat dissipation, and power consumption.
		A seminal microprocessor in the world of spaceflight was RCA's RCA 1802 (aka CDP1802, RCA COSMAC) (introduced in 1976) which was used in NASA's Voyager and Viking spaceprobes of the 1970s, and onboard the Galileo probe to Jupiter (launched 1989, arrived 1995).
	www.bookrags.com /Microprocessor (5950 words)

	School of Computer & Information Science - University of South Australia
		The LSI-11 (1975-ish) was a popular microprocessor implementation of the PDP-11 using the Western Digital MCP1600 microprogrammable CPU, and the architecture influenced the Motorola 68000, NS 320xx, and Zilog Z-8000 microprocessors in particular.
		Like the 68000, the 320xx family consisted of a CPU which was 32-bit internally, and either 32 or 16 (and later 8) bits externally, as indicated by the last two digits.
		It was intended to be the main Intel microprocessor (some said the 80286 was envisioned as a step between the 8086 and the 432, others claim the 8086 was to be the bridge to the 432, rushed through design when the 432 was late and resulting in its many design problems).
	www.cis.unisa.edu.au /~cisbkg/cso/resources/cpu_history.html (16732 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Microprocessor
		The microprocessor was born by reducing the word size of the CPU from 32 bits to 4 bits, so that the transistors of its logic circuits would fit onto a single part.
		Other early multi-chip 16-bit microprocessors include one used by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in the LSI-11 OEM board set and the packaged PDP 11/03 minicomputer, and the Fairchild Semiconductor MicroFlame 9440, both of which were introduced in the 1975 to 1976 timeframe.
		These microprocessors were used in the AT&T 3B5 and 3B15 minicomputers; in the 3B2, the world's first desktop supermicrocomputer; in the "Companion", the world's first 32-bit laptop computer; and in "Alexander", the world's first book-sized supermicrocomputer, featuring ROM-pack memory cartridges similar to today's gaming consoles.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Microprocessor (3359 words)

	ipedia.com: Microprocessor Article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Microprocessors, including an Intel 80486DX2 and an Intel 80386 A microprocessor is an electronic computer central processing unit made from miniaturized transistors and other circuit elements on a si...
		A microprocessor (abbreviated as µP or uP) is an electronic computer central processing unit (CPU) made from miniaturized transistors and other circuit elements on a single semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) (aka microchip or just chip).
		Before the advent of microprocessors, electronic CPUs were made from discrete (separate) transistors; and before that, from vacuum tubes.
	www.ipedia.com /microprocessor.html (506 words)

	[No title]
		This list is not intended to be an exhaustive compilation of microprocessors, but rather a description of designs that are either unique (such as the RCA 1802, Acorn ARM, or INMOS Transputer), or representative designs typical of the period (such as the 6502 or 8080, 68000, and R2000).
		A microprocessor generally means a CPU on a single silicon chip, but exceptions have been made (and are documented) when the CPU includes particularly interesting design ideas, and is generally the result of the microprocessor design philosophy.
		National Semiconductor 32032, similar but different Like the 68000, the 320xx family consisted of a CPU which was 32-bit internally, and either 32 or 16 (and later 8) bits externally, as indicated by the last two digits.
	www.sunybroome.edu /~dixon_a/info/greatcpus.txt (14596 words)

	microprocessor - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about microprocessor (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The appearance of the first microprocessor in 1971 designed by Intel for a pocket calculator manufacturer heralded the introduction of the microcomputer.
		The microprocessor has led to a dramatic fall in the size and cost of computers, and dedicated computers can now be found in washing machines, cars, and so on.
		Examples of microprocessors are the Intel Pentium family and the IBM/Motorola PowerPC, used by Apple Computer.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Microprocessor (241 words)

	Microprocessor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A microprocessor (abbreviated as µP or uP) is a computer electronic component made from miniaturized transistors on a single semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) (aka microchip or just chip).
		The central processing unit (CPU) is the most well known microprocessor, but many other components in a computer have them, such as the GPU on a video card.
		A seminal microprocessor in the world of spaceflight was RCA's RCA 1802 (aka CDP1802, RCA COSMAC) which was used in NASA's Voyager and Viking spaceprobes of the 1970s, and onboard the Galileo probe to Jupiter (launched 1989, arrived 1995).
	88.208.194.172 /wiki/index.php/Microprocessor (2965 words)

	Microprocessor
		The central processing unit (CPU) is the most well known microprocessor, but many other components in a computer have them, such as the GPU on a video card.
		From humble beginnings as the drivers for calculators, the continued increase in power has led to the dominance of microprocessors over every other form of computer; every system from the largest mainframes to the smallest handheld computers now use a microprocessor at their core.
		A seminal microprocessor in the world of spaceflight was RCA's RCA 1802 (aka CDP1802, RCA COSMAC) which was used in NASA's Voyager and Viking spaceprobes of the 1970s, and onboard the Galileo probe to Jupiter (launched 1989, arrived 1995).
	www.mrsci.com /Microprocessors/Microprocessor.php (2960 words)

	Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present (V 13.4.0)
		One of the first true 16 bit microprocessors was the TMS 9900, by Texas Instruments (the first are probably National Semiconductor PACE or IMP-16P or AMD 2901 bit slice processors in 16 bit configuration).
		Like the 68000, the 320xx family consisted of a CPU which was 32-bit internally, and 16 bits externally (later also 32 and 8), as indicated by the first and last two digits (originally reversed, but 16032 just seemed less impressive).
		The Swordfish was among the first truely superscalar microprocessors, with two 5-stage pipelines (integer A, and B, which consisted of an integer and floating point pipeline - an instruction dispatched to B would execute in the appropriate pipe, leaving the other with an empty slot.
	www.cpushack.net /CPU/cpu3.html (6283 words)

	Archai Triad
		The NS 320xx series was the predecessor of the Swordfish processor, described later.
		One of the first true 16 bit microprocessors was the TMS 9900, by Texas Instruments.
		It was intended to be the main Intel microprocessor - the 80286 was envisioned as a step between the 8086 and the 432.
	www.freewebs.com /netlane/hof.html (6899 words)

	32-bit application (Site not responding. Last check: )
		These are 16 bit microprocessors with a segmented address space.
		Furthermore, programming with segments is more involved than programming in a flat address space, giving rise to some complications in programming languages like "memory models" in C and C++.
		This microprocessor and its successors support a segmented address space with 16-bit and 32 bit segments (more precisely: segments with 16- or 32-bit address offset) or a linear 32-bit address space.
	burks.bton.ac.uk /burks/foldoc/37/0.htm (230 words)

	Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present
		Texas Instruments followed the Intel 4004/4040 closely with the 4-bit TMS 1000, which was the first microprocessor to include enough RAM, and space for a program ROM, and I/O support on a single chip to allow it to operate without multiple external support chips, making it the first microcontroller.
		The Swordfish was among the first truely supserscalar microprocessors, with two 5-stage pipelines (integer A, and B, which consisted of an integer and floating point pipeline - an instruction dispatched to B would execute in the appropriate pipe, leaving the other with an empty slot.
		A feature introduced in microprocessors by the ARM is that every instruction is predicated, using a 4 bit condition code (including 'never execute', not officially recommended), an idea later used in some HP PA-RISC instructions and the TI 320C6x DSP.
	crusher.dk /~rmb/cpu.html (16907 words)

	Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present (V 13.4.0)
		Applications for coprocessors at the time were limited, but the design is still used in some modern processors, such as the National Semiconductor 320xx series, which included FPU, MMU, and other coprocessors that could just be added to the CPU's coprocessor bus in a chain.
		It consisted of at least four separate chips, including the control circuitry unit, the ALU, two or four ROM chips with customisable microcode (like the old 4-bit Texas Instruments TMS 1000), and timing circuitry.
		Registers were expanded to 32-bits, four 64 bit floating point registers, virtual memory, and complex instructions (including a set to skip next instruction based on operation results, a primitive type of predicated instructions) were added in the MV series (1978/79) (Originally MV/Eclipse, renamed MV/8000).
	www.cpushack.net /CPU/cpu2.html (2627 words)

	Know it all Inc. (3) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 320xx was the predecessor of the {Swordfish} processor.
		The term {32-bit application} came about because {MS-DOS} and {Microsoft Windows} were originally written for the {Intel 8088} and {80286} {microprocessors}.
		This microprocessor and its successors support a segmented address space with 16-bit and 32-bit segments (more precisely: segments with 16 or 32 bit address offset) or a linear 32-bit address space.
	artikbre.synchro.net /docs/3.html (636 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Microprocessor (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A microprocessor is an electronic computer that is made from many transistors on one or more semiconductor integrated circuits.
		The microprocessor was invented by Marcian Ted Hoff[?] in 1971 when he was working for the Intel company.
		Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present (http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/jbayko/cpu)
	encyclopedia.kids.net.au /page/mi/Microprocessor (80 words)

	Motorola 120t Faceplates -- Recommendations and Resources
		The Motorola 68000 is a CISC microprocessor, the first member of a successful family of microprocessors from Motorola, which were all mostly software compatible.
		The 6800 is a microprocessor produced by Motorola and released shortly after the Intel 8080 in 1975.
		The Motorola 68020 is a microprocessor from Motorola.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/100/motorola-120t-faceplates.html (1688 words)

	Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present
		The roots of the PIC originated at Harvard university (see Harvard Architecture) for a Defense Department project, but was beaten by a simpler (and more reliable at the time) single memory design from Princeton.
		Harvard Architecture was first integrated into a bipolar microprocessor by Signetics (called the 8x300 (around 1978), very fast at the time), and was adapted by General Instruments for use as a peripheral interface controller (PIC) which was designed to compensate for poor I/O in its 16 bit CP1600 CPU.
		Data General later switched architectures and became an early supporter of the Motorola 88K series load-store microprocessor in the AViiON Unix based systems (designers originally wanted to call it the Nova II, but that idea was rejected, so instead they reversed the name and inserted the II in the middle, switching upper and lower case).
	laguna.fmedic.unam.mx /~daniel/up/docs/varios/cpu.html (16694 words)

	[No title]
		Texas Instruments followed the Intel 4004/4040 closely with the 4-bit TMS 1000, which was the first microprocessor to include enough RAM, and space for a program ROM, to allow it to operate without multiple external support chips.
		The Motorola 88000 (originally named the 78000) is a 32 bit processor, one of the first load-store CPUs based on a Harvard architecture (the same as the Fairchild/Intergraph Clipper C100 (1986) beat it by 2 years).
		The Hitachi SH series was meant to replace the 8-bit and 16-bit H8 microcontrollers, a series of PDP-11-like (or National Semiconductor 32032/32016-like) memory-data CPUs with sixteen 16-bit registers (eight in the H8/300), usable as sixteen 8-bit or combined as eight 32-bit registers (for addressing, except H8/300), with many memory-oriented addressing modes.
	www.mdfsnet.f9.co.uk /Docs/Comp/CPU/Greats (20047 words)

	Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present
		It was first integrated into a bipolar microprocessor by Signetics (called the 8x300, very fast at the time), and was then updated by General Instruments for use as a peripheral interface controller (PIC) to compensate for poor I/O in its 16 bit CP1600 CPU.
		68000, the 320xx family consisted of a CPU which was 32-bit internally, and either 32 or 16 (and later 8) bits externally, as indicated by the last two digits.
		68000, the 320xx had eight instead of sixteen 32-bit registers, and they were all general purpose, not split into data and address registers.
	www.history-of-cpu.euro.ru /history/cpu_history.html (15291 words)

	Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present: The Great Dark Cloud Falls:
		Zilog eventually gave up and became a second source for the AT&T WE32000 32-bit (1986) CPU instead (a VAX-like microprocessor derived from the Bellmac 32A minicomputer, which also became obsolete).
		The series found use mainly in embedded applications, and was expanded to that end, with timers, graphics enhancements, and even a Digital Signal Processor unit in the Swordfish version (1991, also known as 32732 and 32764).
		THe Swordfish was among the first truely supserscalar microprocessors, with two 5-stage pipelines (integer A, and B, which consisted of an integer and floating point pipeline - an instruction dispatched to B would execute in the appropriate pipe, leaving the other with an empty slot.
	www.microprocessor.sscc.ru /great/s3.html (5179 words)

	Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Data General later switched architectures and became an early supporter of the Motorola 88K series load-store microprocessor in the AViiON Unix based systems (designers originally wanted to call it the Nova II, but that idea was rejected, so instead they reversed the name and inserted the II in the middle, switching upper and lower case).
		A feature introduced in microprocessors by the ARM is that every instruction is predicated, using a 4 bit condition code (including 'never execute', not officially recommended), an idea later used in some HP PA-RISC instructions and the TI 320C6x DSP.
		The Hitachi SH series was meant to replace the 8-bit and 16-bit H8 microcontrollers, a series of PDP-11-like (or National Semiconductor 32032/32016-like) memory-data CPUs with sixteen 16-bit registers (eight in the H8/300), usable as sixteen 8-bit or combined as eight 32-bit registers (for addressing, except H8/300), with many memory-oriented addressing modes.
	bwrc.eecs.berkeley.edu /CIC/archive/cpu_history.html (15782 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)