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Alpha 21164 µarch
General Info
Arch TypeCPU
DesignerDEC
ManufacturerDEC, Samsung
IntroductionJanuary, 1995
Process0.5 µm
Core Configs1
Pipeline
TypeSuperscalar
OoOENo
SpeculativeYes
Reg RenamingNo
Stages7-12
Decode4-way
Instructions
ISAAlpha
Cache
L1I Cache8 KiB/core
direct-mapped
L1D Cache8 KiB/core
direct-mapped
L2 Cache96 KiB/core
3-way set associative
L3 Cache1-64 MiB/motherboard
direct-mapped
Succession

Alpha 21164 was an Alpha microarchitecture designed by DEC and introduced in 1995 as a successor to the Alpha 21064 architecture.

History[edit]

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Process Technology[edit]

See also: 0.5 µm process
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Architecture[edit]

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Die[edit]

  • 30.5W at 366MHz
  • 9,300,000 transistors
    •  ????? cache
    •  ????? logic
  • 0.5 µm 4 metal layers
  • 16.5 mm x 18.1 mm
  • 298.65 mm² die size
  • PGA-499 package
    • 294 signal pins
    • 205 power/ground rail pins


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alpha 21164 die shot (annotated).png

References[edit]

  • Edmondson, John H., et al. "Internal organization of the Alpha 21164, a 300-MHz 64-bit quad-issue CMOS RISC microprocessor." Digital Technical Journal 7.1 (1995).
  • Bowhill, William J., et al. "A 300 MHz 64 b quad-issue CMOS RISC microprocessor." Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1995. Digest of Technical Papers. 41st ISSCC, 1995 IEEE International. IEEE, 1995.
codenameAlpha 21164 +
core count1 +
designerDEC +
first launchedJanuary 1995 +
full page namedec/microarchitectures/alpha 21164 +
instance ofmicroarchitecture +
instruction set architectureAlpha +
manufacturerDEC + and Samsung +
microarchitecture typeCPU +
nameAlpha 21164 +
pipeline stages (max)12 +
pipeline stages (min)7 +
process500 nm (0.5 μm, 5.0e-4 mm) +