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Precision Architecture

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Computer, Volume 22, Issue 1

Pages 78 - 91

https://doi.org/10.1109/2.19825

Published: 01 January 1989 Publication History

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The processor component of the Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture system is described. The architecture's goals, how the architecture addresses the spectrum of general-purpose user information processing needs, and some architectural design tradeoffs are examined. Extendibility and longevity features are considered.

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Reviewer: Edward W. Davis

This well-written paper (in terms of both clarity of presentation and the value of the ideas) provides a description of an architecture developed by Hewlett-Packard that is in use in commercial products. The paper emphasizes design decisions in support of goals such as scalability, price-performance advantages, extensibility, and architectural longevity. As an example of a longevity feature, the precision architecture has a 64-bit virtual address range composed of 32-bit address spaces. Implementations are defined with different numbers of these spaces. Another interesting feature is the provision for instruction set extensions through an assists architecture in which the processor and memory interface is defined, but the function is left for future definition with execution on optional hardware. The paper is certainly readable by most people who are interested in computer architecture. It references several other sources for more detailed information.

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January 1989

87 pages

ISSN:0018-9162

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Bruce Shriver
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