IBM PowerPC 970

Configuration

IBM PowerPC 970FX.

4 KB pages mode (Linux)

Size Latency Description
32 K 5 ERAT + L1
512 K 13 +8 (L2)
4 MB 27 + 170 ns +14 (ERAT miss -> TLB hit) + 170 ns (RAM)
... 27 + 170 ns + 170 ns (TLB miss)

Pipeline

Branch misprediction penalty = 16 cycles.

Integer pipeline:

Links

PowerPC 970 at Wikipedia

IBM PowerPC 970FX RISC Microprocessor. User's Manual