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220 SPARC JPS1 Implementation Supplement: Fujitsu SPARC64 V • Release 1.0, 1 July 2002
Floating-point
subnormal
handling
In general, SPARC64V does not
handle most subnormal operands
and results in hardware. However,
its handling differs from that of
UltraSPARC-III.
65 In general, UltraSPARC-III does
not handle most subnormal
operands and results in
hardware. However, its handling
differs from that of SPARC64 V.
B.6.1
Block LD/ST
implementation
SPARC64 V maintains register
dependency between block load/
store and other instructions, but
hardware memory order constraint
is less than TSO.
47 UltraSPARC-III does not
necessarily preserve memory or
register dependency ordering in
block load/store operations.
A.4
PREFETCH(A)
implementation
Prefetch-invalidate is not
implemented—SPARC64 V does
not implement a P-cache.
Prefetch with fcn = 20-23 causes a
trap on mDTLB miss.
57 Implements prefetch-invalidate
(fcn = 16).
fcn = 20-23 does not cause a
trap. Equivalent to fcn =0-3.
A.49.1
Data cache
flushing
Because SPARC64 V supports
unaliasing by hardware, a flush of
data cache is not needed.
— Because the data cache uses one
virtual address bit for indexing, a
displacement flushing algorithm
or a cache diagnostic write is
required when a virtual address
alias is created.
1.4.4, M.2
TPC/TNPC state
after power-on
reset
Both TPC and TNPC values are
undefined after a power-on reset.
141 TPC<5:0> is zero after any reset
trap. TNPC will be equal to
TNPC+4.
C.2.5
W-cache SPARC64 V does not support a W-
cache.
117 ASIs 38
16
–3B
16
provide
diagnostic access to the W-cache.
L.3.2
P-cache SPARC64 V does not support a
P-cache.
117 ASIs 30
16
–33
16
provide diagnostic
access to the P-cache.
L.3.2
UPA
Configuration
ASI
SPARC64 V uses ASI 4A
16
as the
UPA configuration register.
215 UltraSPARC-III does not support
UPA. Fireplane configuration
register is assigned in ASI 4A
16
.
R.2
SRAM test init Not supported. — ASI 40
16
: not defined in manual. —
D-cache Not supported. — ASIs 42
16
through 47
16
support
data cache diagnostic access.
L.3.2
E-cache ASIs 6B
16
and 6C
16
support E-
cache diagnostic access.
130 ASIs 4B
16
, 4E
16
, 74
16
, 75
16
, 76
16
,
and 7E
16
support control over the
E-cache.
L.3.2
ASI_AFSR Many differences. 174 Many differences. P.4.2
TABLE T-1
SPARC64 V and UltraSPARC-III Differences
(2 of 3)
Feature SPARC64 V
SPARC64 V
Page UltraSPARC-III
UltraSPARC-
III Section