Template:Infobox CPU architecture/doc

This template is for CPU instruction set architectures.

Usage

{{Infobox CPU architecture
| name        = 
| designer    = 
| bits        = 
| introduced  = 
| version     = 
| design      = 
| type        = 
| encoding    = 
| branching   = 
| endianness  = 
| page size   = 
| extensions  = 
| open        = 
| predecessor = 
| successor   = 
| registers   = 
| gpr         = 
| fpr         = 
| vpr         =
}}

Description

{{Infobox CPU architecture
| name        = Name of architecture, e.g. x86, SPARC, PowerPC, MIPS, ARM
| designer    = Designer of the architecture
| bits        = Width of accumulator/general registers/stack top, e.g. 32-bit, 64-bit
| introduced  = Year introduced
| version     = Version/revision of architecture/ISA
| design      = Design strategy, e.g. RISC, CISC
| type        = Type of architecture, e.g. Register-Register, Register-Memory, Memory-Memory
| encoding    = Instruction set encoding, e.g. Fixed or Variable
| branching   = Branching evaluation, e.g. Condition register, Condition code, Compare and branch
| endianness  = Byte ordering, i.e. Little, Big, Bi
| page size   = Primary size of page, i.e. 4 KiB, 2 MiB, 1 GiB; does not include "huge pages" and other extensions
| extensions  = ISA extensions, i.e. MMX, SSE, AltiVec, etc
| predecessor = Earlier architecture(s) this one is based on, if it has a separate page
| successor   = Later architecture(s) based primarily on this one, if it has a separate page
| open        = Is the architecture open or not? (as in free or proprietary)
| registers   = Number and size of processor registers 
| gpr         = Number of general-purpose registers (and size, if not indicated by bits=)
| fpr         = Number of floating-point registers (and size, if not indicated by bits=)
| vpr         = Number of vector registers (and size, if not indicated by bits=)
}}

All fields are optional.

Example

SPARC

Designer	Sun Microsystems
Bits	64-bit (32 → 64)
Introduced	1985
Version	V9 (1993)
Design	RISC
Type	Register-Register
Encoding	Fixed
Branching	Condition code
Endianness	Bi (Big → Bi)
Page size	8 KiB
Extensions	VIS 1.0, 2.0, 3.0
Open	Yes
Registers
General purpose	31 (G0 = 0; non-global registers use register windows)
Floating point	32

{{Infobox CPU architecture
| name       = SPARC
| designer   = [[Sun Microsystems]]
| bits       = 64-bit (32 → 64)
| introduced = 1985
| version    = V9 (1993)
| design     = RISC
| type       = Register-Register
| encoding   = Fixed
| branching  = Condition code
| endianness = Bi (Big → Bi)
| page size  = 8 KiB
| extensions = [[Visual Instruction Set|VIS]] 1.0, 2.0, 3.0
| open       = Yes
| gpr        = 31 (G0 = 0; non-global registers use [[register window]]s)
| fpr        = 32
}}

Parameters

All parameters are optional.

name

Name of architecture, e.g. x86, SPARC, PowerPC, MIPS, ARM

designer

Designer of the architecture

bits

Width of accumulator/general registers/stack top, e.g. 32-bit, 64-bit

introduced

Year introduced

version

Version/revision of architecture/ISA

design

Design strategy, e.g. RISC, CISC

type

Type of architecture, e.g. Register-Register, Register-Memory, Memory-Memory

encoding

Instruction set encoding, e.g. Fixed or Variable

branching

Branching evaluation, e.g. Condition register, Condition code, Compare and branch

endianness

Byte ordering, e.g. Little, Big, Bi

page size

Primary size of page, e.g. 4 KiB, 2 MiB, 1 GiB; does not include "huge pages" and other extensions

extensions

ISA extensions, e.g. MMX, SSE, AltiVec

open

Is the architecture open or not? (as in free or proprietary)

predecessor

Earlier architecture(s) this one is based on, if it has a separate page

successor

Later architecture(s) based primarily on this one, if it has a separate page

registers

Number and size of processor registers

gpr

Number of general-purpose registers (and size, if not indicated by bits=)

fpr

Number of floating-point registers (and size, if not indicated by bits=)

vpr

Number of vector registers (and size, if not indicated by bits=)

See also

• Template:Infobox CPU(edit talk links history) for central processing units
• Template:Infobox computer hardware bus(edit talk links history) for computer buses