User:Flibble/Broadcom FirePath

FirePath
DesignerBroadcom
Bits64
Introduced2000
DesignRISC
EndiannessLittle
Registers
64

FirePath is a CPU architecture developed by Broadcom optimised for data processing. FirePath's Chief Architect is Sophie Wilson, who had previously co-designed the ARM Architecture. FirePath is currently in use in the hardware of DSL headends such as the xxxxx from xxxxx.

Introduction

  • what it is
  • who it's by
  • example of what it's used in

Technical Details

VLIW

FirePath supports SIMD, allowing the 64 bit datapath to alternatively perform 2 32 bit, 4 16 bit or 8 8 bit operations simulataneously.

History

In the late 1990's Acorn Computers started work on a media processing chip, with DSP like features. The project was codenamed ALARM (A Long ARM), due to the longer instruction word used in comparison to Acorn's previously designed ARM Chip. Acorn Computers rebranded as Element 14, and later spun off as a seperate company. Element 14 secured venture capital to develop the chip. Element 14 decided to retarget the chip as a DSL processor. In Oct 2000 Element 14 was bought by Broadcom[1] and became their DSL Buisness unit.

  • Acorn (ALARM?)
  • Element 14
    • quote it was meant for video processing
  • Broadcom
  • Mention S Wilson

Implementations

List of chips Architecture is in. Possibly using the marketing name 'Bladerunner', codename 'Santorini', 'Opala'

  • BCM6410
  • BCM6411
  • BCM6420
  • BCM6421
  • BCM6510
  • BCM6513
  • BCM6515

References

{{Refideas|http://www.businessweekly.co.uk/hi-tech/16154-acorn-legacy-still-earning-billions}}

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