Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product POWERPC 970MP IBM
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IBM P o werPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor Application Note Po w e r P C ® 970MP Diff erences (Includes Diff erences f or 970FX to 970MP) V ersion: 1.
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor Preliminary Page 2 of 25 Title_970FX-MP_Differences.
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) Preliminary IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor AppNote_970FX-MP_Differences_TOC.fm.1.0 November 15, 2006 Page 3 of 25 1. Abstract .......... ................. ...........................
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor Preliminary Page 4 of 25 AppNote_970FX-MP_Differences_TOC.
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) Preliminary IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor AppNote_970FX-MP_Differences_LOF.fm.1.0 November 15, 2006 Page 5 of 25 Figure 5-1. Dual Cores sharing pr ocessor interf ace .... ..........
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor Preliminary Page 6 of 25 AppNote_970FX-MP_Differences_LOF.
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) Preliminary IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor AppNote_970FX-MP_Differences_LOT.fm.1.0 November 15, 2006 Page 7 of 25 Table 3-1. PowerPC 970FX and 970MP Pro cessor Version Registers (PVR) .
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor Preliminary Page 8 of 25 AppNote_970FX-MP_Differences_LOT.
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) Preliminary IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor AppNote_970FX-MP_Differences_Body.fm.1.0 November 15, 2006 1. Abstract Page 9 of 25 1. Abstract This preliminary ap plication note descr ibes the difference s between the Power PC ® 970FX micropro cessor and PowerPC 970MP microprocessor.
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor Preliminary 4. General Parameters Page 10 of 25 AppNote_970FX-MP_Differences_Body.fm.1.0 November 15, 2006 4. General P arameters Table 4-1 pro vides a summar y of the g eneral parame ters for t he PowerPC 970FX a nd 970MP.
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) Preliminary IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor AppNote_970FX-MP_Differences_Body.fm.1.0 November 15, 2006 5. Design Enhancements for PowerPC 970MP Page 11 of 25 scheme, with provisions for adjusting pr iorities when one core receives repeat ed serial retries.
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor Preliminary 5. Design Enhancements for PowerPC 970MP Page 12 of 25 AppNote_970FX-MP_Differences_Body.
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) Preliminary IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor AppNote_970FX-MP_Differences_Body.fm.1.
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor Preliminary 5. Design Enhancements for PowerPC 970MP Page 14 of 25 AppNote_970FX-MP_Differences_Body.fm.1.0 November 15, 2006 are transmittin g ‘0’ bits.
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) Preliminary IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor AppNote_970FX-MP_Differences_Body.fm.1.0 November 15, 2006 5. Design Enhancements for PowerPC 970MP Page 15 of 25 If the ex pected results are not observed, an error is f lagged in the status r egister.
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor Preliminary 5. Design Enhancements for PowerPC 970MP Page 16 of 25 AppNote_970FX-MP_Differences_Body.
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) Preliminary IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor AppNote_970FX-MP_Differences_Body.fm.1.
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor Preliminary 5. Design Enhancements for PowerPC 970MP Page 18 of 25 AppNote_970FX-MP_Differences_Body.fm.1.0 November 15, 2006 Table 5-2 describe s the twelve powe r mode states.
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) Preliminary IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor AppNote_970FX-MP_Differences_Body.fm.1.0 November 15, 2006 5. Design Enhancements for PowerPC 970MP Page 19 of 25 The transition fr om quarter to f ull frequency is hand led in two stages.
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor Preliminary 7. Timings Page 20 of 25 AppNote_970FX-MP_Differences_Body.fm.1.0 November 15, 2006 6. System Desig n Inf ormation The 970MP suppor ts a 24:1 bus ratio for test purposes in stead of the 16: 1 bus ratio support ed in the 970FX.
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) Preliminary IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor AppNote_970FX-MP_Differences_Body.fm.1.0 November 15, 2006 8. Package Page 21 of 25 8.1.2 Cap acitor Position The 970MP capacitor s are rotated 90 de grees compared to th e 970FX capacitor layout with respect to th e A01 corner.
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor Preliminary 8. Package Page 22 of 25 AppNote_970FX-MP_Differences_Body.fm.1.0 November 15, 2006 8.3 P owerPC 970MP Micr oprocessor P acka ge Dimensions IBM offers the 970MP in a cer amic ball grid array, CBGA, package which suppo rts 575 balls.
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) Preliminary IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor AppNote_970FX-MP_Differences_Body.fm.1.0 November 15, 2006 8. Package Page 23 of 25 Figure 8-1. P owerPC 970M P Mechanical P ack age (Side and T op View) Legend DATUM A is the center plane of feature labeled DATUM A.
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor Preliminary 8. Package Page 24 of 25 AppNote_970FX-MP_Differences_Body.fm.1.0 November 15, 2006 Figure 8-2. P owerPC 970MP Bot tom Surf ace of CBGA P ackage (Bottom Vie w) Legend DATUM A is the center plane of feature labeled DATUM A.
Application Note (Includes Differences for 970FX to 970MP) Preliminary IBM PowerPC ® 970MP RISC Microprocessor Rev_Log.fm.1.0 November 15, 2006 Revision Log Page 25 of 25 Revisi on Log Revision Modification November 15, 2006 Version 1.0 Initial preliminary version.
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