2011 Microchip Technology Inc.
DS61143H-page 37
PIC32MX3XX/4XX
3.0
CPU
The MIPS32 M4K Processor Core is the heart of the
PIC32MX3XX/4XX family processor. The CPU fetches
instructions, decodes each instruction, fetches source
operands, executes each instruction and writes the
results of instruction execution to the proper destina-
tions.
3.1
Features
5-stage pipeline
32-bit Address and Data Paths
MIPS32 Enhanced Architecture (Release 2)
- Multiply-Accumulate and Multiply-Subtract
Instructions
- Targeted Multiply Instruction
- Zero/One Detect Instructions
- WAIT Instruction
- Conditional Move Instructions (MOVN, MOVZ)
- Vectored interrupts
- Programmable exception vector base
- Atomic interrupt enable/disable
- GPR shadow registers to minimize latency
for interrupt handlers
- Bit field manipulation instructions
MIPS16e Code Compression
- 16-bit encoding of 32-bit instructions to
improve code density
- Special PC-relative instructions for efficient
loading of addresses and constants
- SAVE & RESTORE macro instructions for
setting up and tearing down stack frames
within subroutines
- Improved support for handling 8 and 16-bit
data types
Simple Fixed Mapping Translation (FMT)
mechanism
Simple Dual Bus Interface
- Independent 32-bit address and data busses
- Transactions can be aborted to improve
interrupt latency
Autonomous Multiply/Divide Unit
- Maximum issue rate of one 32x16 multiply
per clock
- Maximum issue rate of one 32x32 multiply
every other clock
- Early-in iterative divide. Minimum 11 and
maximum 34 clock latency (dividend (rs) sign
extension-dependent)
Power Control
- Minimum frequency: 0 MHz
- Low-Power mode (triggered by WAIT
instruction)
- Extensive use of local gated clocks
EJTAG Debug and Instruction Trace
- Support for single stepping
- Virtual instruction and data address/value
-
breakpoints
- PC tracing with trace compression
FIGURE 3-1:
MIPS M4K BLOCK DIAGRAM
Note 1: This data sheet summarizes the features
of
the
PIC32MX3XX/4XX
family
of
devices. It is not intended to be a compre-
hensive reference source. To comple-
ment the information in this data sheet,
refer to Section 2. “CPU” (DS61113) of
the “PIC32 Family Reference Manual”,
which is available from the Microchip web
site
(www.microchip.com/PIC32).
Resources
for
the
MIPS32
M4K
Processor
Core
are
available
at:
2: Some
registers
and
associated
bits
described in this section may not be avail-
sheet for device-specific register and bit
information.
Dual Bus I/F
System
Coprocessor
MDU
FMT
TAP
EJTAG
Power
Mgmt.
Off-Chip
Debug I/F
Execution
Core
(RF/ALU/Shift)
Bus
Matr
ix
Trace
Trace I/F
Bus Interface
CPU