Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
Spring 5-31-1999
Degree Name
Master of Science in Computer Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
First Advisor
Durgamadhab Misra
Second Advisor
Edwin Hou
Third Advisor
Jin-Biao Huang
Abstract
The objective of this thesis was to develop a generic microprocessor design that can be adapted to many of the existing 16 bit microprocessors. Common features of various microprocessors were used to develop the design of many generic components which can then be used to design the required microprocessors instead of custom-designing each one of them separately. The components were designed using a CISC based micro-programmed design approach as that was more suitable in terms of design and verification time for generic implementation. The generic parts designed include the Register File for temporary data storage, the Effective Address Calculator that generates the effective address for the operand, the Barrel Shifter for fast multiply/divide operations and the Priority Encoder for determining the processor state.
Recommended Citation
Mohare, Pradnesh R., "Design of components for a generic microprocessor architecture" (1999). Theses. 866.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/866
