A Microarchitecutre for Resource-Limited Superscalar Microprocessors

Abstract

Microelectronic components in space and satellite systems must be resistant to total dose radiation, single-event upset, and latchup in order to accomplish their missions. The demand for inexpensive, high-volume, radiation hardened (rad-hard) integrated circuits (ICs) is expected to increase dramatically as the communication market continues to expand. Motorola's Complementary Gallium Arsenide (CGaAs(TM)) technology offers superior radiation tolerance compared to traditional CMOS processes, while being more economical than dedicated rad-hard CMOS processes. The goals of this dissertation are to optimize a superscalar microarchitecture suitable for CGaAs(TM) microprocessors, develop circuit techniques for such applications, and evaluate the potential of CGaAs(TM) for the development of digital VLSI circuits.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA365168

Entities

People

  • Todd David Basso

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Circuit Boards
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Digital Circuits
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Fabrication
  • Field Effect Transistors
  • Floating Point Operations
  • Instruction Set Architecture
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Logic Gates
  • Microarchitecture
  • Microprocessors
  • Modules (Electronics)
  • Operating Systems
  • Semiconductors

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space