read stream buffers

Arrangement whereby each memory module independently prefetches DRAM data prior to an actual read request for that data. Reduces average memory latency while improving total memory bandwidth.

receive counter

Counter used to enable the receive flops. It is clocked by the incoming forwarded clock and reset by the Interface Reset.

receive mux counter

The receive mux counter is preset to a selectable starting point and incremented by the locally generated forward clock.

register

A temporary storage or control location in hardware logic.

reliability

The probability a device or system will not fail to perform its intended functions during a specified time interval when operated under stated conditions.

reset

An action that causes a logic unit to interrupt the task it is performing and go to its ini- tialized state.

RISC

Reduced instruction set computing. A computer with an instruction set that is paired down and reduced in complexity so that most can be performed in a single processor cycle. High-level compilers synthesize the more complex, least frequently used instruc- tions by breaking them down into simpler instructions. This approach allows the RISC architecture to implement a small, hardware-assisted instruction set, thus eliminating the need for microcode.

ROM

Read-only memory.

RTL

Register-transfer logic.

SAM

Serial access memory.

SBO

Should be one.

SBZ

Should be zero.

scheduling

The process of ordering instruction execution to obtain optimum performance.

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