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The '''KA750 CPU''' was the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] of the [[VAX-11/750]].It was a [[synchronous]] [[microcode]]d design. It was primarily implemented in [[gate array]] [[integrated circuit|chips]] holding 400 NAND [[gate]]s; they were configured at manufacture time into the 39 different types used in the /750. | The '''KA750 CPU''' was the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] of the [[VAX-11/750]].It was a [[synchronous]] [[microcode]]d design. It was primarily implemented in [[gate array]] [[integrated circuit|chips]] holding 400 NAND [[gate]]s; they were configured at manufacture time into the 39 different types used in the /750. | ||
Revision as of 14:39, 3 June 2022
The KA750 CPU was the CPU of the VAX-11/750.It was a synchronous microcoded design. It was primarily implemented in gate array chips holding 400 NAND gates; they were configured at manufacture time into the 39 different types used in the /750.
Internally, there were several main busses connecting together functional units within the CPU:
- MBus
- WBus
- Control store address (CSA)
- RBus
The MBus and WBus are tri-state, 32 bits wide; fields in the micro-instructions specify the source using each bus on each cycle. The RBus connects scratchpad registers to the ALU and 'super rotator'.
Microcode supported micro-subroutines, up to 15 levels deep.
Components
The basic KA750 was implemented in four large PCBs:
- L0002 Data Path Module (DPM) - arithmetical and logical functions, micro-sequencer
- L0003 Memory Interconnect (MIC) - virtual memory translation buffer, cache, main memory interface
- L0004 UNIBUS Interface (UBI) - UNIBUS control and function, ancillary functions
- L0005 CPU Control Store (CCS) - microcode ROMs, interface to optional writable control store (WCS)
Options use other boards:
- L0006 - Remote Diagnostic Module (RDM)
- L0001 - Floating-Point Accelerator (FPA)
