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Processor families
	General What is a microprocessor Moore's Law (Gordon Moore) - processor power doubles every 18 months at the same production costs. The central processor unit (CPU) from Gateway 2000 Microprocessors for PCs from chipanalyst P-Rating Specification - Processor Performance Rating CPU comparison guide from Anand RISC and CISC EPIC (Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing) - Intel and HP, IA-64 Merced design The Rapidly Changing Face Of Computing - A Stack of Chip News 1998 CPU and Chipset Roadmap Processor Specs from U.Geek
	Resources Trish's CPU & Chipset CPU Central The CPU Site (Future Technology Processors) MicroDesign Resources (Chip Analyst) or MicroDesign Resources Microprocessor Forum Microprocessor Report Microprocessor Forum of Intel
	Motorola 88100 68040 PowerPC Chips for Desktop PCs - 601, 603, 604, 620 for Embedded applications - 602, 603, MPC821, 823, 860, 505 for support and peripheral - MPC105, 106
	DEC Alpha A21064 A21064A A21066 A21164 A21264 VAX REX520 SOC KA46 NVAX KA650 KA660 KA680
	HP PA PA7100 PA7100LC PA1.1
	MIPS R2000 R3000 R4000 R4400 R4600 R6000 R8000 R10000 References The MIPS R10000 SuperScalar Microprocessor - IEEE Micro, Apr 96, P28
	IBM Power Power2 MPC601 (PowerPC) RSC3308 RSC4608 Discussion Evolution of PowerPC Evolution of PowerPC Architecture - IEEE Micro Apr 94 p34 IBM 6x86MX
	SUN SuperSPARC SuperSPARC-II HyperSPARC MicroSPARC MicroSPARC-II FJMB86902 (LSI64911) FJMB86903 RT601 RT605 Weitek PowerUp PicoJava References UltraSparcI: A Four-Issue Processor Supporting Multimedia - IEEE Micro, Apr96, P42 Resource SPARC International
	Intel Intel processors technical specifications Intel Processor Performance Indicators Intel Architecture IA-32 - backgrounder IA-64 - backgrounder (EPIC - Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing) Geyserville - for notebook Merced - 64bit Deschutes Tillamook Katmai - Pentium III - KNI (Katmai New Intructions) Pentium II - 1997, Pentium II Xeon processor, Celeron processor All about Celeron processor from Intel Celeron processor specs. from U.Geek P55C Pentium Pro - 1995 Pentium Pro and its architecture - Socket 8 387-pin OverDrive for P5 Intel 586 (Pentium) - 1993 - Socket 7 321-pin 80486 - 1989 Pentium - 133MHz (icomp index 1110), 120MHz (1000), 100MHz (815), 90MHz (735), 75MHz (610) OverDrive 486DX2 Intel486 - DX4 100MHz (435), DX2 66MHz (297) 486SX - 1991/04, 32bit ext/int bus, 1185000 transistors, 1 micron, 487, desktop, MIPS 25MHz-20/20MHz-17/16MHz-13 486DX - 1989/04, 32bit ext/int bus, 1.2 million transistors, 1 micron, coprocessor on chip, desktops MIPS 33MHz-27/25MHz-20, SPECint 33MHz-18.2/25MHz-13.3 486DX50MHz - 1991/06, 32bit ext/int bus, 1.2m transistors, 0.8 micron, coprocessor on chip, destops, multiprocessors MIPS 40.7, SPECint 27.9 486DX2 50MHz - 1992/02, 32bit ext/int bus, 1.2m transistors, 0.8 micron, coprocessor on chip, MIPS 50MHz-40.5/66MHz-54, SPECint 50MHz-25.4/66MHz-34 OverDrive for 486SX & DX 80386 - 1985 386SL - 1990/10, 32bit ext/int bus, 855000 transistors, 1 micron circuit line, 387 coprocessor for notebooks/notepads, Dhrystone v1.1 MIPS - 20MHz - 5, 25MHz - 6 386SX - 1988/06, 32bit int/16 bit ext bus, 275000 transistors 1 micron, 387 coprocessor, desktops/portables MIPS 20MHz-4/16MHz-3 386DX - 1985/10, 32bit ext/int bus, 275000 transistors, 1 micron, 387 coprocessor, desktops MIPS 33MHz-11/25MHz-9/20MHz-7/16MHz-5 80286 (AT) - 1982 8086/8088 (XT) - 1978 Multiprocessor Specification from Intel Intel CPU Performance comparison
	AMD AMD PC Microprocessors - motherboard information - Atrend 1415, Abit PB4, Biostar 8433UUD, FIC PI02, Gigabyte GA486AM, Holco 433, SMT SMT486PCI AMD-K7 AMD-K6-2 AMD-K6 MMX processor AMD-K5 Processors AM5x86 - 133MHz, .35 Micron Enhanced Am486 - DX4 100, 120 Technical Documentation Merge with NexGen on 16 Jan 96 - Nx586 References Developing the AMD-K5 Architecture - IEEE Micro Apr 96, P16
	Cyrix Jalapeno MXi MediaGX M2 M1 Cayenne 6x86MX 6x86 5x86
	Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT) WinChip C6, C6+ IDT WinChip C6+ from CPU-Central
	Rise Technology Co. mP6
	Zilog Corp. Z80, Z180, Z380 families

Special Purpose
	DSP Processor Information What is DSP from Motorola Berkeley Design Technology, Inc. Buyer's Guide to DSP Processors DSP Processor Fundamentals DSP Design Tools and Methodologies BDTImark - benchmark DSP Internet resources from EG3 Signal Processing Information Base (SPIB) DSPnet DSP Chip Manufacturers AKM Semiconductor, Inc. Analog Devices, Inc. - ADSP family Array Microsystems, Inc. - a66 family Butterfly DSP Inc. - BDSP9000 series DSP Group IBM Mwave Loughborough Sound Images - Lucent Technologies Motorola, Inc. - DSP56000 families, 96002 Oxford Micro Devices, Inc. - Image processing TCSI Corp. - Lode DSP Core Texas Instruments - TMS320DSP Zilog - TV/Cable/Satellite/Set-top box, Voice Processor and DSP Cores DSP Development Software Hyperception Inc. - Hypersignal, OORVL Design Studio
	Image Processors Products AKM Semiconductor, Inc. - AK84xx family for scanner, fax and copier
	IDT IDT ORION RISC Microprocessors for Cicso routers
	Graphics Processors in graphics display cards in video conferencing support general processors with graphics instructions Cyrix MediaGX Processor MMX of Intel processor MMX.COM MMX Technology Extension to the Intel Architecture - IEEE Micro Aug 96 pg42 VIS of UltraSPARC

Micro Controllers, Embedded Microprocessors
	Discussions Application Real Time Operating System for Embedded Systems Etnoteam -
	Products Echelon Harris Semiconductor Hitachi - H8/330, H8/532 Hyperstone Electronics Intel Semiconductor Ltd. - 87C51FC, 80C196KD Matra MHS Electronics Corp. Microchip Technology Inc. - PIC series Motorola - 68HC series National Semiconductor Corp. - COP8 family, HPC NEC Electronics - 78K series Oki Semiconductor Quantum Effect Design (QED), Inc. - RM52xx and RM52x1 families, RM7000 Signetics SGS-Thomson Siemens Texas Instruments Togai Infralogic Inc. Toshiba Zilog - Z86 series
	Services and Solutions Berkeley Design Technology, Inc. Forward Concepts - market research and consulting firm

Resources
	Journals, Magazines and Newsletters Electronic Products EDN Magazine
	Reports and White Papers ICSPAT Papers
	FAQs comp.dsp FAQ FAQ pointers from EG3 FAQ on DSP from BDTI Signal/Image Processing FAQ
	Newsgroups comp.compression comp.dsp comp.multimedia comp.speech comp.sys.powerpc
	Groups and Organizations EURICO ( EUropean RIsc COre) for Multimedia/DSP and Embedded Control Japan System House Association (JASA) TechOnLine
	Conferences DSP World Spring Design Conference - Apr 26-28, 99 at Santa Clara DSP World Featuring ICSPAT - Nov 1-4, 99 at Orlando Microprocessor Forum - Oct 13-16 97 at San Jose

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