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Preliminary Information AMD-K6™-2E+ Embedded Processor Data Sheet 23542A/0-September 2000 9. Between 15-16 Mbytes-If the address of a pending write cycle is in the 1 Mbyte of memory between 15 Mbytes and 16 Mbytes, and the WAE15M bit is set to 1, write allocate for this cycle is enabled. 10. Write Allocate Enable 15-16 Mbytes (WAE15M)-This condition is associated with the Write Allocate Limit mechanism and affects write allocate only if the limit specified by the WAELIM field is greater than or equal to 16 Mbytes. If the memory address is between 15 Mbytes and 16 Mbytes, and the WAE15M bit in the WHCR is set to 0, write allocate for this cycle is disabled (even if condition 10 attempts to prevent write allocate, condition 5 or 6 allows write allocate to occur). 9.9 Prefetching Hardware Prefetching Software Prefetching The AMD-K6-2E+ processor conditionally performs cache prefetching, which results in the filling of the required cache line first, and a prefetch of the second cache line making up the other half of the sector. From the perspective of the external bus, the two cache-line fills typically appear as two 32-byte burst read cycles occurring back-to-back or, if allowed, as pipelined cycles. The burst read cycles do not occur back-to-back (wait states occur) if the processor is not ready to start a new cycle, if higher priority data read or write requests exist, or if NA# (next address) was sampled negated. Wait states can also exist between burst cycles if the processor samples AHOLD or BOFF# asserted. The 3DNow! technology includes an instruction called PREFETCH that allows a cache line to be prefetched into the L1 data cache and the L2 cache. Unlike prefetching under hardware control, software prefetching only fetches the cache line specified by the operand of the PREFETCH instruction, and does not attempt to fetch the other cache line in the sector. The PREFETCH instruction format is defined in Table 15, "3DNow!™ Instructions," on page 89. For more detailed information, see the 3DNow!™ Technology Manual, order# 21928. 220 Cache Organization Chapter 9

Section	Page
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, WE\	3
Contents	5
List of Figures	9
List of Tables	13
Revision History	17
About this Data Sheet	19
1 AMDK6™2E+ Embedded Processor	23
1.1 AMDK6™2E+ Embedded Processor Features	25
1.2 Process Technology	29
1.3 Super7™ Platform	30
2 Internal Architecture	33
2.1 Microarchitecture Overview	33
2.2 Cache, Instruction Prefetch, and Predecode Bits	38
2.3 Instruction Fetch and Decode	39
2.4 Centralized Scheduler	43
2.5 Execution Units	44
2.6 BranchPrediction Logic	47
3 Software Environment	49
3.1 Registers	49
3.2 ModelSpecific Registers (MSR)	66
3.3 Memory Management Registers	76
3.4 Paging	78
3.5 Descriptors and Gates	81
3.6 Exceptions and Interrupts	84
3.7 Instructions Supported by the AMDK6™2E+ Processor	85
4 Logic Symbol Diagram	113
5 Signal Descriptions	115
5.1 Signal Terminology	115
5.2 A20M# (Address Bit 20 Mask)	116
5.3 A[31:3] (Address Bus)	117
5.4 ADS# (Address Strobe)	118
5.5 ADSC# (Address Strobe Copy)	118
5.6 AHOLD (Address Hold)	119
5.7 AP (Address Parity)	120
5.8 APCHK# (Address Parity Check)	121
5.9 BE[7:0]# (Byte Enables)	122
5.10 BF[2:0] (Bus Frequency)	123
5.11 BOFF# (Backoff)	124
5.12 BRDY# (Burst Ready)	125
5.13 BRDYC# (Burst Ready Copy)	126
5.14 BREQ (Bus Request)	126
5.15 CACHE# (Cacheable Access)	127
5.16 CLK (Clock)	127
5.17 D/C# (Data/Code)	128
5.18 D[63:0] (Data Bus)	129
5.19 DP[7:0] (Data Parity)	130
5.20 EADS# (External Address Strobe)	131
5.21 EWBE# (External Write Buffer Empty)	132
5.22 FERR# (FloatingPoint Error)	133
5.23 FLUSH# (Cache Flush)	134
5.24 HIT# (Inquire Cycle Hit)	135
5.25 HITM# (Inquire Cycle Hit To Modified Line)	135
5.26 HLDA (Hold Acknowledge)	136
5.27 HOLD (Bus Hold Request)	137
5.28 IGNNE# (Ignore Numeric Exception)	138
5.29 INIT (Initialization)	139
5.30 INTR (Maskable Interrupt)	140
5.31 INV (Invalidation Request)	140
5.32 KEN# (Cache Enable)	141
5.33 LOCK# (Bus Lock)	142
5.34 M/IO# (Memory or I/O)	143
5.35 NA# (Next Address)	144
5.36 NMI (NonMaskable Interrupt)	145
5.37 PCD (Page Cache Disable)	146
5.38 PCHK# (Parity Check)	147
5.39 PWT (Page Writethrough)	148
5.40 RESET (Reset)	149
5.41 RSVD (Reserved)	150
5.42 SCYC (Split Cycle)	151
5.43 SMI# (System Management Interrupt)	152
5.44 SMIACT# (System Management Interrupt Active)	153
5.45 STPCLK# (Stop Clock)	154
5.46 TCK (Test Clock)	155
5.47 TDI (Test Data Input)	155
5.48 TDO (Test Data Output)	155
5.49 TMS (Test Mode Select)	156
5.50 TRST# (Test Reset)	156
5.51 VCC2DET (VCC2 Detect)	157
5.52 VCC2H/L# (VCC2 High/Low)	158
5.53 VID[4:0] (Voltage Identification)	159
5.54 W/R# (Write/Read)	160
5.55 WB/WT# (Writeback or Writethrough)	161
5.56 Pin Tables by Type	162
5.57 Bus Cycle Definitions	164
6 AMD PowerNow!™ Technology	165
6.1 Enhanced Power Management Features	165
6.2 Dynamic Core Frequency and Core Voltage Control	172
7 Bus Cycles	175
7.1 Timing Diagrams	175
7.2 Bus States	177
7.3 Memory Reads and Writes	180
7.4 I/O Read and Write	188
7.5 Inquire and Bus Arbitration Cycles	190
7.6 Special Bus Cycles	212
8 Poweron Configuration and Initialization	221
8.1 Signals Sampled During the Falling Transition of RESET	221
8.2 RESET Requirements	222
8.3 State of Processor After RESET	222
8.4 State of Processor After INIT	225
9 Cache Organization	227
9.1 MESI States in the L1 Data Cache and L2 Cache	229
9.2 Predecode Bits	230
9.3 Cache Operation	230
9.4 Cache Disabling and Flushing	233
9.5 L2 Cache Testing	235
9.6 CacheLine Fills	235
9.7 CacheLine Replacements	236
9.8 Write Allocate	237
9.9 Prefetching	242
9.10 Cache States	243
9.11 Cache Coherency	244
9.12 Writethrough and Writeback Coherency States	249
9.13 A20M# Masking of Cache Accesses	249
10 Write Merge Buffer	251
10.1 EWBE# Control	251
10.2 Memory Type Range Registers	253
10.3 Memory-Range Restrictions	255
10.4 Examples	257
11 FloatingPoint and Multimedia Execution Units	259
11.1 FloatingPoint Execution Unit	259
11.2 Multimedia and 3DNow!™ Execution Units	261
11.3 FloatingPoint and MMX™/3DNow!™ Instruction Compatibility	262
12 System Management Mode (SMM)	263
12.1 SMM Operating Mode and Default Register Values	263
12.2 SMM StateSave Area	265
12.3 SMM Revision Identifier	267
12.4 SMM Base Address	268
12.5 Halt Restart Slot	268
12.6 I/O Trap Doubleword	269
12.7 I/O Trap Restart Slot	270
12.8 Exceptions, Interrupts, and Debug in SMM	272
13 Test and Debug	273
13.1 BuiltIn SelfTest (BIST)	273
13.2 ThreeState Test Mode	274
13.3 BoundaryScan Test Access Port (TAP)	275
13.4 Cache Inhibit	285
13.5 L2 Cache and Tag Array Testing	286
13.6 Debug	290
14 Clock Control	297
14.1 Clock Control States	297
14.2 Halt State	300
14.3 Stop Grant State	300
14.4 Stop Grant Inquire State	302
14.5 EPM Stop Grant State	303
14.6 Stop Clock State	305
15 Electrical Data	307
15.1 Operating Ranges	308
15.2 Absolute Ratings	309
15.3 DC Characteristics	309
15.4 Power Dissipation	311
15.5 Power and Grounding	313
16 Signal Switching Characteristics	317
16.1 CLK Switching Characteristics	318
16.2 Clock Switching Characteristics for 100MHz Bus Operation	318
16.3 Clock Switching Characteristics for 66MHz Bus Operation	319
16.4 Valid Delay, Float, Setup, and Hold Timings	320
16.5 Output Delay Timings for 100MHz Bus Operation	320
16.6 Input Setup and Hold Timings for 100MHz Bus Operation	322
16.7 Output Delay Timings for 66MHz Bus Operation	324
16.8 Input Setup and Hold Timings for 66MHz Bus Operation	326
16.9 RESET and Test Signal Timing	328
16.10 Timing Diagrams	331
17 Thermal Design	335
17.1 Package Thermal Specifications	335
17.2 Measuring Case Temperature	339
17.3 Layout and Airflow Considerations	339
18 Pin Designations	343
18.1 Pins Designations for CPGA Package	344
18.2 Pins Designations for OBGA Package	348
19 Package Specifications	353
19.1 321Pin Staggered CPGA Package Specification	353
19.2 349Ball OBGA Package Specification	354
20 Ordering Information	355

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Cache Organization

Chapter 9

AMD-K6™-2E+ Embedded Processor Data Sheet

23542A/0—September 2000

Preliminary Information

Between 15–16 Mbytes—

If the address of a pending write

cycle is in the 1 Mbyte of memory between 15 Mbytes and

16 Mbytes, and the WAE15M bit is set to 1, write allocate

for this cycle is enabled.

10.

Write

Allocate

Enable

15–16

Mbytes

(WAE15M)—

This

condition is associated with the Write Allocate Limit

mechanism and affects write allocate only if the limit

specified by the WAELIM field is greater than or equal to

16 Mbytes. If the memory address is between 15 Mbytes and

16 Mbytes, and the WAE15M bit in the WHCR is set to 0,

write allocate for this cycle is disabled (even if condition 10

attempts to prevent write allocate, condition 5 or 6 allows

write allocate to occur).

9.9

Prefetching

Hardware

Prefetching

The AMD-K6-2E+ processor conditionally performs cache

prefetching, which results in the filling of the required cache

line first, and a prefetch of the second cache line making up the

other half of the sector. From the perspective of the external

bus, the two cache-line fills typically appear as two 32-byte

burst read cycles occurring back-to-back or, if allowed, as

pipelined cycles. The burst read cycles do not occur

back-to-back (wait states occur) if the processor is not ready to

start a new cycle, if higher priority data read or write requests

exist, or if NA# (next address) was sampled negated. Wait states

can also exist between burst cycles if the processor samples

AHOLD or BOFF# asserted.

Software Prefetching

The 3DNow! technology includes an instruction called

PREFETCH that allows a cache line to be prefetched into the

L1 data cache and the L2 cache. Unlike prefetching under

hardware control, software prefetching only fetches the cache

line specified by the operand of the PREFETCH instruction,

and does not attempt to fetch the other cache line in the sector.

The PREFETCH instruction format is defined in Table 15,

“3DNow!™ Instructions,” on page 89. For more detailed

information, see the

3DNow!™ Technology Manual

, order#

21928.