Common Parameters

Instruction Set SPARC V8a (Subset of V9 used on 32-bit OS.)
Instruction Issue Dynamically scheduled.
Branch Predictor YAGS, with 16-bit global history.
Jump Predictor gshare-like jump target buffer.
Misprediction Recovery Starts at instruction completion.
Level 1 Cache 64 kiB, 1 cycle load latency, 64-byte line.
Level 2 Cache 256 kiB, 18 cycle load latency, 64-byte line.
Miss Latency At least 100 cycles.

Four-Way Superscalar Conventional

Issue Width Four-Way (Includes fetch, decode, issue, and commit.)
Reorder Buffer 128 entries.
Branch Predictor YAGS, with 16-bit global history.
Fetch Single-ported icache; simple next line predictor.
Functional Units Four integer, 2 each of other types.