80960SA
EMBEDDED 32-BIT MICROPROCESSOR
WITH 16-BIT BURST DATA BUS
■ High-Performance Embedded
Architecture
— 20 MIPS* Burst Execution at 20 MHz
— 7.5 MIPS Sustained Execution
at 20 MHz
■ 512-Byte On-Chip Instruction Cache
— Direct Mapped
— Parallel Load/Decode for Uncached
Instructions
■ Multiple Register Sets
— Sixteen Global 32-Bit Registers
— Sixteen Local 32-Bit Registers
— Four Local Register Sets Stored
On-Chip
— Register Scoreboarding
■ Pin Compatible with 80960SB
■ Built-in Interrupt Controller
— 4 Direct Interrupt Pins
— 31 Priority Levels, 256 Vectors
■ Easy to Use, High Bandwidth 16-Bit Bus
— 32 Mbytes/s Burst
— Up to 16 Bytes Transferred per Burst
■ 32-Bit Address Space, 4 Gigabytes
■ 80-Lead Quad Flat Pack (EIAJ QFP)
— 84-Lead Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier
(PLCC)
■ Software Compatible with
80960KA/KB/CA/CF Processors
The 80960SA is a member of Intel’s i960® 32-bit processor family, which is designed especially for low cost
embedded applications. It includes a 512-byte instruction cache and a built-in interrupt controller. The 80960SA
has a large register set, multiple parallel execution units and a 16-bit burst bus. Using advanced RISC
technology, this high performance processor is capable of execution rates in excess of 7.5 million instructions
per second*. The 80960SA is well-suited for a wide range of cost sensitive embedded applications including
non-impact printers, network adapters and I/O controllers.
SIXTEEN
32-BIT GLOBAL
REGISTERS
INSTRUCTION
FETCH UNIT
512-BYTE
INSTRUCTION
CACHE
64- BY 32-BIT
LOCAL
REGISTER
CACHE
INSTRUCTION
DECODER
32-BIT
INSTRUCTION
EXECUTION
UNIT
MICROINSTRUCTION
SEQUENCER
MICROINSTRUCTION
ROM
32-BIT
BUS
CONTROL
LOGIC
32-BIT
ADDRESS
16-BIT
BURST
BUS
Figure 1. The 80960SA Processor’s Highly Parallel Architecture
* Relative to Digital Equipment Corporation’s VAX-11/780 at 1 MIPS (VAX-11™ is a trademark of Digital Equipment
Corporation)
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licenses are implied. Information contained herein supersedes previously published specifications on these devices from Intel.
© INTEL CORPORATION, 2004
August 2004
Order Number: 272206-003
