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CAST

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CAST: A Processor Architecture for the
Efficient Execution of Functional Programs

Claus Aßmann

• Introduction
• The Architecture of CAST
  • The Stacksystem
    • Concept of a Stack.
    • Stack Overflow/Underflow.
    • Implementation of the Stack System.
  • Pipeline
  • Tagged Data
  • Program Counter Unit
  • Memory Interface
  • Instruction Set
    • Register to Register Instruction.
    • Specification of Operands.
    • Memory Access Instructions.
    • Control Flow Instructions.
    • Other Instructions.
    • Special Register.
    • The Special Field.
  • Exception Handling
• Evaluation
  • The Testbed System
  • Performance Results
    • The Test Programs.
    • Performance relative to SPARC and Kieburtz' G--machine.
• Conclusion
• References
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