User’s Manual U14272EJ3V0UM
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PREFACE
Readers
This manual targets users who intend to understand the functions of the V
R
4181 and
to design application systems using this microprocessor.
Purpose
This manual introduces the hardware functions of the V
R
4181 to users, following the
organization described below.
Organization
Two manuals are available for the V
R
4181: Hardware User’s Manual (this manual)
and Architecture User’s Manual common to the V
R
4100 Series
TM
.
Hardware
User’s Manual
Architecture
User’s Manual
• Pin functions
• Physical address space
• Function of Coprocessor 0
• Initialization interface
• Peripheral units
• Pipeline operation
• Cache organization and memory
management system
• Exception processing
• Interrupts
• Instruction set
How to read this manual
It is assumed that the reader of this manual has general knowledge in the fields of
electric engineering, logic circuits, microcomputers, and SDRAMs.
To learn about the overall functions of the V
R
4181,
→
Read this manual in sequential order.
To learn about instruction sets,
→
Read V
R
4100 Series Architecture User’s Manual that is separately
available.
To learn about electrical specifications,
→
Refer
to
Data Sheet that is separately available.
Conventions
Data significance:
Higher on left and lower on right
Active low:
XXX# (trailing # after pin and signal names)
Note:
Description of item marked with Note in the text
Caution:
Information requiring particular attention
Remark:
Supplementary information
Numeric representation:
binary/decimal ... XXXX
hexadecimal ... 0xXXXX
Prefixes representing an exponent of 2 (for address space or memory capacity):
K (kilo) …
2
10
= 1024
M (mega) … 2
20
= 1024
2
G (giga) …
2
30
= 1024
3
T (tera) …
2
40
= 1024
4
P (peta) …
2
50
= 1024
5
E (exa) …
2
60
= 1024
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