PowerPC e5500
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The PowerPC e5500 is a 64-bit
Power Architecture
-based microprocessor
core
from Freescale Semiconductor
. The core is compatible with the Power ISA v.2.06 with hypervisor
support. It has a four issue, seven-stage out-of-order
pipeline
with a double precision FPU
, three Integer unit
s, 32/32 KB data and instruction L1 cache
s, 512 KB private L2 cache per core and up to 2 MB shared L3 cache. Speeds range up to 2.5 GHz, and the core is designed to be highly configurable via the CoreNet fabric and meet the specific needs of embedded
applications with features like multi-core
operation and interface for auxiliary application processing units (APU).
core, which is a classic fully pipelined dual precision IEE754 unit running at full core speed and supports conversion between 64-bit floats and integers, effectively twice as fast as the FPU in e500mc. The e5500 also introduces an enhanced branch prediction unit with an 8-entry link stack.
The e5500 core is the first 64-bit Power Architecture core designed solely by Freescale and was introduced at Freescale Technology Forum in June 2010. Freescale have used the e700 and NG-64 monikers to refer to this core since 2004. Simulated models was available in July 2010, hard samples in late 2010 and full scale manufacturing the second half of 2011.
64-bit
64-bit is a word size that defines certain classes of computer architecture, buses, memory and CPUs, and by extension the software that runs on them. 64-bit CPUs have existed in supercomputers since the 1970s and in RISC-based workstations and servers since the early 1990s...
Power Architecture
Power Architecture
Power Architecture is a broad term to describe similar RISC instruction sets for microprocessors developed and manufactured by such companies as IBM, Freescale, AMCC, Tundra and P.A. Semi...
-based microprocessor
Microprocessor
A microprocessor incorporates the functions of a computer's central processing unit on a single integrated circuit, or at most a few integrated circuits. It is a multipurpose, programmable device that accepts digital data as input, processes it according to instructions stored in its memory, and...
core
Multi-core (computing)
A multi-core processor is a single computing component with two or more independent actual processors , which are the units that read and execute program instructions...
from Freescale Semiconductor
Freescale Semiconductor
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is a producer and designer of embedded hardware, with 17 billion semiconductor chips in use around the world. The company focuses on the automotive, consumer, industrial and networking markets with its product portfolio including microprocessors, microcontrollers,...
. The core is compatible with the Power ISA v.2.06 with hypervisor
Hypervisor
In computing, a hypervisor, also called virtual machine manager , is one of many hardware virtualization techniques that allow multiple operating systems, termed guests, to run concurrently on a host computer. It is so named because it is conceptually one level higher than a supervisory program...
support. It has a four issue, seven-stage out-of-order
Out-of-order execution
In computer engineering, out-of-order execution is a paradigm used in most high-performance microprocessors to make use of instruction cycles that would otherwise be wasted by a certain type of costly delay...
pipeline
Instruction pipeline
An instruction pipeline is a technique used in the design of computers and other digital electronic devices to increase their instruction throughput ....
with a double precision FPU
Floating point unit
A floating-point unit is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out operations on floating point numbers. Typical operations are addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and square root...
, three Integer unit
Arithmetic logic unit
In computing, an arithmetic logic unit is a digital circuit that performs arithmetic and logical operations.The ALU is a fundamental building block of the central processing unit of a computer, and even the simplest microprocessors contain one for purposes such as maintaining timers...
s, 32/32 KB data and instruction L1 cache
Cache
In computer engineering, a cache is a component that transparently stores data so that future requests for that data can be served faster. The data that is stored within a cache might be values that have been computed earlier or duplicates of original values that are stored elsewhere...
s, 512 KB private L2 cache per core and up to 2 MB shared L3 cache. Speeds range up to 2.5 GHz, and the core is designed to be highly configurable via the CoreNet fabric and meet the specific needs of embedded
Embedded system
An embedded system is a computer system designed for specific control functions within a larger system. often with real-time computing constraints. It is embedded as part of a complete device often including hardware and mechanical parts. By contrast, a general-purpose computer, such as a personal...
applications with features like multi-core
Multi-core (computing)
A multi-core processor is a single computing component with two or more independent actual processors , which are the units that read and execute program instructions...
operation and interface for auxiliary application processing units (APU).
Design
The e5500 is based on the e500mc core and adds some new instructions introduced in the Power Architecture 2.06 specification, namely some byte- and bit-level acceleration; Parity, Population count, Bit permute and Compare byte. The FPU is taken straight from the PowerPC e600PowerPC e600
The PowerPC e600 is a family of 32-bit Power Architecture microprocessor cores developed by Freescale for primary use in high performance system-on-a-chip designs with speed ranging over 2 GHz, thus making them ideal for high performance routing and telecommunications applications...
core, which is a classic fully pipelined dual precision IEE754 unit running at full core speed and supports conversion between 64-bit floats and integers, effectively twice as fast as the FPU in e500mc. The e5500 also introduces an enhanced branch prediction unit with an 8-entry link stack.
The e5500 core is the first 64-bit Power Architecture core designed solely by Freescale and was introduced at Freescale Technology Forum in June 2010. Freescale have used the e700 and NG-64 monikers to refer to this core since 2004. Simulated models was available in July 2010, hard samples in late 2010 and full scale manufacturing the second half of 2011.
Products
e5500 powers the high-performance QorIQ P5 system on a chip (SoC) family which share the common naming scheme: "P50x0".See also
- Power ArchitecturePower ArchitecturePower Architecture is a broad term to describe similar RISC instruction sets for microprocessors developed and manufactured by such companies as IBM, Freescale, AMCC, Tundra and P.A. Semi...
- QorIQQorIQQorIQ is a brand of Power Architecture-based communications microprocessors from Freescale. It is the evolutionary step from the PowerQUICC platform and will be built around one or more Power Architecture e500mc cores and come in five different product platforms, P1, P2, P3, P4 and P5, segmented...
- PowerPC e500PowerPC e500The PowerPC e500 is a 32-bit Power Architecture-based microprocessor core from Freescale Semiconductor. The core is compatible with the older PowerPC Book E specification as well as the Power ISA v.2.03. It has a dual issue, seven-stage pipeline with FPUs , 32/32 KiB data and instruction L1 caches...
- PowerPC e700PowerPC e700The PowerPC e700 or NG-64 was the codenames of the long anticipated first 64-bit embedded RISC-processor cores built using Power Architecture technology designed by Freescale. It was eventually revealed as the e5500 core....
- The former codename for what probably was to be this product. - PowerPC e6500PowerPC e6500The PowerPC e6500 is a multithreaded 64-bit Power Architecture-based microprocessor core from Freescale Semiconductor. e6500 will power the entire range of QorIQ AMP Series system on a chip processors which share the common naming scheme: "Txxxx"...