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Am486 Microprocessor Overview

Am486DX5-133 / 5x86 - P75, Am486DX4-100, Am486DX2-66, Am486DE2-66

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AMD is the worlds largest company that focuses exclusively on integrated circuits.

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E86 Embedded Processor Family

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Leverage the billions of dollars of research and development on the worlds dominant architecture:

x86
Time-to-Market Price/Performance (System Cost) Software Compatibility Preserve Existing S/W Investment Broad, Established set of Tools Familiarity Long Term Support Assured Growth Path Code Compactness Integration

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E86 Family of Microprocessors and Microcontrollers

AmK6E AmK6E
Future 32-bit Controllers

Am5x86 Am486DX
PERFORMANCE

lanSC410

lanSC400

Am386DX

lanSC310

lanSC300
Future 16-bit Future 16-bit Controllers Controllers

Am386SX 80C186 80C186

INTEGRATION

Am186EM Am186EM Am188EM Am188EM

Am186ES Am186ES Am188ES Am188ES

Am186ER Am186ER Am188ER Am188ER

Am186ED Am186ED

x86-compatible microprocessors x86-compatible 32 bit microcontrollers x86-compatible 16 bit microcontrollers

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Am486 Microprocessor
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(& (&MMU) MMU)

16-Kbyte 16-Kbyte Cache Cache Prefetcher Prefetcher

Bus Bus InterfaceUnit Unit Interface

ALU ALU& & Register Register File File

Memory Memory Control Control

Data Address Control SMI Cache cntl JTAG Clock

Floating Floating Point Point

Control Control ROM ROM

Instruction Instruction Decode Decode

JTAG JTAG PLL PLL

2/3/4x 2/3/4x

Identical to standard 486DX products 16-Kbyte, write back / write through cache 3V core, 5V tolerant I/Os 2x, 3x, or 4x clock multiples (66, 100 and 133MHz) Available in 208 pin SQFP and 168 pin PGA

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Am486 CPU Roadmap

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5 Class

Am486 DX5-133 16KWB

5 Yr Support

Am486 DX4/100 16KWB Am486 DX2/66 16KWB

Industrial Temp -40C - 100C 1Q97

$$$

5 Yr Support 1Q98 5 Yr Support 1Q98

$$$ Low Cost SQFP $$$

4 Class

Am486 DE2/66 8KWT

While supplies last! 2Q97 Future

2Q96

3Q96

4Q96

1Q97

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Am486 Differences
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Processor Am486DE2

Speed 66

CLKMUL 2x: (N.C.) 2x: (Pull Low)

Cache 8k WT 16k WB/WT

Vcc 3.0-3.6

TCASE Package 85 only PGA, SQFP (PDE / PDH) 85, 100 PGA, 85, 100 SQFP (PDE), 85 only SQFP (PDH*) 85,100 PGA, 85,100 SQFP (PDE), 85 only SQFP(PDH*) 85 only PGA, SQFP (PDE)

Am486DX2

66

3.0-3.6

Am486DX4

100

3x: (Pull High)

16k WB/WT

3.0-3.6

Am486DX5

133

4x: (Pull Low)

16k WB/WT

3.3-3.6 3.15-3.6

* - New Low Cost (PDH-208) SQFP package available 1Q98

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The 486 in Embedded Designs

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Results From a Recent Study

Which 32-bit architectures have you used in the last 12 months for your embedded system?

25 20 15 10 5
Hitachi SH ColdFire 683xx PPC60x PPC40x 680x0 i960 i860 IDT 486 386

Source: Embedded Systems Programming

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EE Times Survey Data

32-bit Future Designs
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Plan to Use 60 58 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 SPARClite Transputer 7 26 26 37

All x86 All 68K All PowerPC33 (11%) All Other

97 (32%) 84 (27%) 95 (30%)

33

12

10 4 2 3

9 3

10 3

Source: EE Times 96

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SH Series

PowerPC

ColdFire

Pentium

Emb. x86

683xx

R3000, R4000

Alpha (26xxx)

32000

88000

V800

i960

ARM

68K

29K

Am486 Popular Market Segments

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Networking Routers
Indoor Only, Perf. / Cost

Japanese Word Processors & Pen PCs

Cost, Cost, Cost

Telecom PBX Switches

Mainframes / Line Cards Indoor only / In-Outdoor

POS Terminals Industrial PC

Industrial Temp./ Reliability Software Compatibility Scalable Cost / Performance

Digital Set Top Box / Consumer Appliance

Performance and Cost

Mobile Computers

Embedded PC / Controller
All combinations

Power / Size / Integration Performance / Cost

PC Upgrades
Commodity $ PGA

In-Flight Entertainment

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Why are so many customers using the Am486 in embedded designs?

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Time to Market
Take advantage of the many useful peripherals, standards, software packages, and tools that have already been developed for the PC market Chip Sets and core logic PCI, Local Bus and ISA busses VGA / NTSC / PAL graphics controllers Ethernet, USB, Super I/O chips, Etc.

In most cases the driver software and protocol stacks are already written and available for the x86 architecture!

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Why are so many customers using the Am486 in embedded designs?

Price/Performance
Unlike many embedded processors, the Am5x86(TM) and Am486 have already amortized their development costs over the tens of millions of units shipped to PC customers. 78 Million in 96 and 91
Million shipped in 97

The Am5x86(TM) (486DX5-133) is the fastest 486 processor on the market. It offers 5th generation performance at a 4th generation price and system design Wide range of pin and software compatible options from the DX2-66 in the Low Cost package to the Am5x86
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x86 $ /SPECint92 over Time

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25

20

$ / SPECint92

15

10

0 3Q92 1Q92 2Q92 4Q92 1Q93 2Q93 3Q93 4Q93 1Q94 2Q94 3Q94 4Q94 1Q95 2Q95 3Q95 4Q95 1Q96 2Q96 3Q96 4Q96

386DX-33

486DX2-66

486DX4-100

5x86(DX5-133)

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Performance (MIPS) 100 120 20 40 60 80 0

Am5x86(DX5-133) Am486DX4-100 ElanSC400 IBM PPC403GCX IBM PPC401GF MPC860 StrongARM 7500 M68360 i386EX
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Performance

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Why are so many customers using the Am486 in embedded designs?

Software Compatibility
x86 is the Architecture with the widest support of Operating Systems and Software Applications Programs.

Broad, Established Set of Development Tools

The x86 Architecture has the widest range of highly refined software development tools with great values / price.

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Why are so many customers using the Am486 in embedded designs?

Familiarity
Most engineers are already familiar with x86 hardware, software, and design tools.

Long Term Support and Integration

AMDs Logic Products Division is committed to supporting the embedded market with a long term and stable supply of competitively priced microprocessors and microcontrollers.

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Why are so many customers using the Am486 in embedded designs?

Upgrade Roadmap
The x86 architecture has the broadest family of software compatible processors in the world. Desk top PC volume supports technology investment that subsidizes embedded processors.
High speed cores available Frequencies now above 300 MHz Performance comparable to RISC Shrinking geometries Lower and lower power Packaging advances

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Backup Slides FusionE86 Partners

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Third Party Support

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BIOS
Eurosoft, Ltd. General Software Phoenix Technologies System Soft, Inc. Datalight General Software IBM Microsoft PharLap Software

DOS

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Third Party Support

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Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS)

Embedded Systems Products Integrated Systems JMI Software KADAK Products Microtec Research Pacific Softworks QNX Software Systems US Software Wind River Systems

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Third Party Support

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Emulation Tools Applied Microsystems Corp. Grammar Enginer Microtek International Debugging and Testing Support Hewlett Packard Chip Set Support Acer Labs Integraphics Systems S-MOS Trident Microsystems Software Support Chronology Eagle Design Automation Synopsis (Logic Modeling)

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Third Party Support

Evaluation Boards / Development Platforms
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US / Europe:
Acer Labs (ALi) Adastra Systems American Preditor Ampro Computers boards AG (Mikron) Digital-Logic Hectonic JUMPtec Real Time Devices Shuttle Computer S-MOS VersaLogic WinSystems Ziatech

Asia / Pacific:
Winco Electronic Co. LTD Phone : +886-2-2688-8666 SMT Electronic Co. LTD Phone : +886-3-325-3033 Shing-Yunn Electronic Co. LTD Phone : +886-2-9089980
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Third Party Support:

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Acer Laboratories, Inc.

Acer Labs (ALi) is providing two resources which will facilitate the use of the Am486 in embedded designs.

Long Term Chipset Support

Contact ALi to obtain a guarantee of long term support on their FinALi chipset.

Design Examples
ALi is allowing AMD to release a copy of their M1489 motherboard schematic. This shows how to implement an Am486-based design with a PCI bus.
AMD does not guarantee the full functionality of the design nor can AMD provide technical support for this design. AMD will have internally developed designs available in 2H98.

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Block Diagram
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Am486

DRAM

North Bridge M1489

PCI Bus
South Bridge M1487
Peripheral Peripheral

Flash
Peripheral

ISA Bus
Peripheral

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