Design Methodologies and Circuit Design Trade-Offs for the HP PA 8000 Processor
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The increasing demands for greater processor performance to remain competitive in today’s computer market necessitate careful attention to the methods used in designing processors to achieve these performance goals. Processor designs are increasing in complexity to meet performance goals, with such features as out-of-order execution and superscalar operation. Design cycles are decreasing in length, so design quality must increase as well. All of these factors call for new design techniques to ensure continued success.
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