Vol.10, No.2 (1997) 215-230

CATALYTIC MIGRATION: A STRATEGY FOR CREATION OF TECHNOLOGY-SENSITIVE MICROPROCESSOR ARCHITECTURES

Veljko Milutinović

Abstract: Existing approaches to the architecture, organization, and design of modern CPUs are summarized, and a promising new strategy is defined: catalytic migration. The discussion that follows concentrates on three issues: classification of catalytic migration approaches, examples of catalytic migration approaches, and the related performance evaluation.

Key words: Microprocessor architectures, catalytic migration, GaAs technology.

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