AMD 2901 Bit-Slice Processor Family - http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/2901/
Information, photos, identification, links to pinouts, support and second-source chips. [CPU-World] |
Bit Slicing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_slicing
Growing article, with links to many related topics. [Wikipedia] |
Exploiting Bit–slice Inactivities for Reducing Energy Requirements of Superscalar Processors - http://www.cs.binghamton.edu/~lowpower/koolchips00.pdf
Simulating SPEC 95 execution benchmarks on detailed register–level, cycle-by-cycle superscalar CPU shows how to use lack of data stream entropy to cut power use. |
The Microprocessor Decentralized: A Bit-Slice Processor, the 2901 - http://smithsonianchips.si.edu/augarten/p46.htm
Description, photo of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 1975 chip. [The Chip Collection, State of the Art, Smithsonian Institution] |