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Compaq 21264 User Manual

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Introduction

Alpha 21264/EV67 Hardware Reference Manual

21264/EV67 Microprocessor Features

An onchip, duplicate tag array used to maintain level 2 cache coherency.

A 64-bit data bus with onchip parity and error correction code (ECC) support.

Support for an external second-level (Bcache) cache. The size and some timing
parameters of the Bcache are programmable.

An internal clock generator providing a high-speed clock used by the 21264/EV67,
and two clocks for use by the CPU module.

Onchip performance counters to measure and analyze CPU and system perfor-
mance.

Chip and module level test support, including an instruction cache test interface to
support chip and module level testing.

A 2.0-V external interface.

Refer to Chapter 9 for 21264/EV67 dc and ac electrical characteristics. Refer to the
Alpha Architecture Handbook, Version 4

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Appendix E, for waivers and any other

implementation-dependent information.