Unicore
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For the grid computing technology, see UNICORE.
Unicore is the name of a computer instruction set architecture designed by the Microprocessor Research and Development Center (MPRC) of Peking University in the PRC. The computer built on this architecture is called the Unity-863.[1] The CPU is integrated into a fully functional SoC to make a PC-like system.[2]
Quick Facts Designer, Bits ...
Designer | Microprocessor Research and Development Center |
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Bits | 32-bit |
Introduced | 1999 |
Design | RISC |
Encoding | Fixed |
Branching | Condition code |
Endianness | Little |
Page size | 4 KiB |
Registers | |
General-purpose | 31 |
Floating point | 32 |
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The processor is very similar to the ARM architecture, but uses a different instruction set.[3][better source needed]
It is supported by the Linux kernel as of version 2.6.39.[4] Support will be removed in Linux kernel version 5.9 as nobody seems to maintain it and the code is falling behind the rest of the kernel code and compiler requirements.[5]