80960JD Datasheet, PDF (5/61 Pages) Intel Corporation – EMBEDDED 32-BIT MICROPROCESSOR

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80960JD
1.0 PURPOSE
This document contains advance information for the
80960JD microprocessor, including electrical
characteristics and package pinout information.
Detailed functional descriptions — other than
parametric performance — are published in the
i960^® Jx Microprocessor User’s Guide (272483).
Throughout this data sheet, references to “80960Jx”
indicate features which apply to all of the following:
• 80960JA — 5V, 2 Kbyte instruction cache, 1 Kbyte
data cache
• 80960JF — 5V, 4 Kbyte instruction cache, 2 Kbyte
data cache
• 80960JD — 5V, 4 Kbyte instruction cache, 2 Kbyte
data cache and clock doubling
• 80L960JA — 3.3 V version of the 80960JA
• 80L960JF — 3.3 V version of the 80960JF
2.0 80960JD OVERVIEW
The 80960JD offers high performance to cost-
sensitive 32-bit embedded applications. The
80960JD is object code compatible with the 80960
Core Architecture and is capable of sustained
execution at the rate of one instruction per clock.
This processor’s features include generous
instruction cache, data cache and data RAM. It also
boasts a fast interrupt mechanism, dual program-
mable timer units and new instructions.
The 80960JD’s clock doubler operates the processor
core at twice the bus clock rate to improve execution
performance without increasing the complexity of
board designs.
Memory subsystems for cost-sensitive embedded
applications often impose substantial wait state
penalties. The 80960JD integrates considerable
storage resources on-chip to decouple CPU
execution from the external bus.
The 80960JD rapidly allocates and deallocates local
register sets during context switches. The processor
needs to flush a register set to the stack only when it
saves more than seven sets to its local register
cache.
A 32-bit multiplexed burst bus provides a high-speed
interface to system memory and I/O. A full
complement of control signals simplifies the
connection of the 80960JD to external components.
The user programs physical and logical memory
PRELIMINARY
attributes through memory-mapped control registers
(MMRs) — an extension not found on the i960 Kx,
Sx or Cx processors. Physical and logical configu-
ration registers enable the processor to operate with
all combinations of bus width and data object
alignment. The processor supports a homogeneous
byte ordering model.
This processor integrates two important peripherals:
a timer unit and an interrupt controller. These and
other hardware resources are programmed through
memory-mapped control registers, an extension to
the familiar 80960 architecture.
The timer unit (TU) offers two independent 32-bit
timers for use as real-time system clocks and
general-purpose system timing. These operate in
either single-shot or auto-reload mode and can
generate interrupts.
The interrupt controller unit (ICU) provides a flexible
means for requesting interrupts. The ICU provides
full programmability of up to 240 interrupt sources
into 31 priority levels. The ICU takes advantage of a
cached priority table and optional routine caching to
minimize interrupt latency. Clock doubling reduces
interrupt latency by 40% compared to the
80960JA/JF. Local registers may be dedicated to
high-priority interrupts to further reduce latency.
Acting independently from the core, the ICU
compares the priorities of posted interrupts with the
current process priority, off-loading this task from the
core. The ICU also supports the integrated timer
interrupts.
The 80960JD features a Halt mode designed to
support applications where low power consumption
is critical. The halt instruction shuts down instruction
execution, resulting in a power savings of up to 90
percent.
The 80960JD’s testability features, including ONCE
(On-Circuit Emulation) mode and Boundary Scan
(JTAG), provide a powerful environment for design
debug and fault diagnosis.
The Solutions960® program features a wide variety
of development tools which support the i960
processor family. Many of these tools are developed
by partner companies; some are developed by Intel,
such as profile-driven optimizing compilers. For more
information on these products, contact your local
Intel representative.
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