PowerPC Microprocessor
Common Hardware Reference Platform:
A System Architecture

Version 1.0, November, 1995

Contents

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Front Matter 1

Title Page 5
Foreword 7
Contents 9
Figures 13
Tables 15
About this Document 17

Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 System Requirements 7
Chapter 3 System Address Map 23
Chapter 4 Processor and Memory 5
Chapter 5 I/O bridges 25
Chapter 6 Interrupt Controller 41
Chapter 7 RTAS 3
Chapter 8 NVRAM 9
Chapter 9 I/O Devices 19
Chapter 10 Error and Event Notification 25
Chapter 11 Power Management 9
Chapter 12 The Symmetric Multiprocessor Option 39
Appendices

Appendix A OS Info 3
Appendix B Requirements Summary 5
Appendix C Bi-Endian Designs 1

Back Matter

Architecture Migration Notes 17
Glossary 21
Bibliography 33
Index 39