PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT
3-2
Figure 3-1. i960
®
Jx Processor Programming Environment Elements
3.2.1
Global Registers
Global registers are general-purpose 32-bit data registers that provide temporary storage for a
program’s computational operands. These registers retain their contents across procedure
boundaries. They provide a fast and efficient means of passing parameters between procedures.
Architecturally
Defined
Data Structures
FFFF FFFFH
Instruction
Stream
Instruction
Execution
Processor State
Registers
Instruction
Pointer
Arithmetic
Controls
Process
Controls
Trace
Controls
Address Space
Sixteen 32-Bit
Global Registers
Sixteen 32-Bit
Local Registers
g0
g15
r0
r15
Load
Store
0000 0000H
Register Cache
Fetch
Instruction
Cache
r15
Summary of Contents for i960 Jx
Page 1: ...Release Date December 1997 Order Number 272483 002 i960 Jx Microprocessor Developer s Manual ...
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Page 25: ...1 INTRODUCTION ...
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Page 47: ...3 PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT ...
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Page 73: ...4 CACHE AND ON CHIP DATA RAM ...
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Page 85: ...5 INSTRUCTION SET OVERVIEW ...
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Page 233: ...7 PROCEDURE CALLS ...
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Page 369: ...12 INITIALIZATION AND SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ...
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Page 493: ...A CONSIDERATIONS FOR WRITING PORTABLE CODE ...
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Page 503: ...B OPCODES AND EXECUTION TIMES ...
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Page 515: ...C MACHINE LEVEL INSTRUCTION FORMATS ...
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