High-speed microprocessor design with gallium arsenide very large scale integrated digital circuits

Thesis/Dissertation · Sun Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5688607

Dykstra, J A

This thesis explores the feasibility of designing a computer using gallium arsenide very large scale integrated circuits (GaAs VLSI). The following aspects are considered: technology selection, on-chip interconnects, GaAs VLSI design techniques, microprocessor design, and high-speed testing. Two GaAs VLSI chips, taken from the processor design, were implemented with direct-coupled field effect transistor logic (DCFL): a three port, 1K bit register-file and an arithmetic and logic unit.

• Research Organization: Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5688607
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ARSENIC COMPOUNDS
ARSENIDES
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
COMPUTERS
DESIGN
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
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GALLIUM COMPOUNDS
INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
MICROPROCESSORS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
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