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