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on consecutive clock cycles. Divide instructions are not pipelined; an integer divide instruction preceded
or followed by an integer divide or multiply instruction results in a processor-pipeline stall. However, since
IMUL–IDIV and ALU–BFU are implemented as separate execution units, an integer divide instruction
preceded or followed by an ALU–BFU instruction does not cause a delay in the pipeline.
3.4.3
Load/Store Unit (LSU)
The load/store unit handles all data transfer between the general-purpose register file and the internal
load/store bus (L-bus). The load/store unit is implemented as an independent execution unit so that stalls
in the memory pipeline do not stall the master instruction pipeline (unless there is a data dependency). The
unit is fully pipelined so that memory instructions of any size may be issued on back-to-back cycles.
There is a 32-bit wide data path between the load/store unit and the general-purpose register file.
Single-word accesses can be achieved with an internal on-chip data RAM, resulting in a two-clock latency.
Double-word accesses require two clocks, resulting in a three-clock latency. Since the L-bus is 32 bits
wide, double-word transfers require two bus accesses. The load/store unit performs zero-fill for byte and
half-word transfers and sign extension for half-word transfers.
Addresses are formed by adding the source-one register operand specified by the instruction (or zero) to
either a source-two register operand or to a 16-bit, immediate value embedded in the instruction.
3.4.4
Floating-Point Unit (FPU)
The FPU contains a double-precision multiply array, the floating-point status and control register
(FPSCR), and the FPRs. The multiply-add array allows the RCPU to efficiently implement floating-point
operations such as multiply, multiply-add, and divide.
The RCPU depends on a software envelope to fully implement the IEEE floating-point specification.
Overflows, underflows, NaNs (not a number), and denormalized numbers cause floating-point assist
exceptions that invoke a software routine to deliver (with hardware assistance) the correct IEEE result.
To accelerate time-critical operations and make them more deterministic, the RCPU provides a mode of
operation that avoids invoking a software envelope and attempts to deliver results in hardware that are
adequate for most applications, if not in strict compliance with IEEE standards. In this mode, denormalized
numbers, NaNs, and IEEE invalid operations are legitimate, returning default results rather than causing
floating-point assist exceptions.
3.5
Levels of the PowerPC ISA Architecture
The PowerPC ISA architecture consists of three levels:
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User instruction set architecture (UISA) — defines the base user-level instruction set, user-level
registers, data types, floating-point exception model, memory models for a uniprocessor
environment, and programming model for a uniprocessor environment.
•
Virtual environment architecture (VEA) — describes the memory model for a multiprocessor
environment, and describes other aspects of virtual environments.
Implementations that conform to the VEA also adhere to the UISA, but may not necessarily adhere
to the OEA.
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