NS32032

E656395

NS32032 is a 32-bit microprocessor from National Semiconductor’s NS32000 family, known for its clean, orthogonal instruction set and use in academic and research systems.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
NS32032 canonical 2
NS32016 family 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NS32000 family processor ⓘ
microprocessor ⓘ
addressBusWidth 32-bit ⓘ
addressingModes rich set of addressing modes ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 32032 ⓘ
architecture 32-bit CISC ⓘ
category 32-bit CPUs ⓘ
microprocessors ⓘ
companionChip NS32081 floating-point coprocessor ⓘ
NS32082 memory management unit ⓘ
NS32201 timing control unit ⓘ
companyCountry United States ⓘ
dataBusWidth 32-bit ⓘ
dataTypes byte ⓘ
long word ⓘ
word ⓘ
designedFor UNIX-like operating systems ⓘ
designGoal clean architecture ⓘ
support for high-level languages ⓘ
family NS32000 ⓘ
instructionEncoding variable-length instructions ⓘ
instructionSet orthogonal instruction set ⓘ
introducedBy National Semiconductor ⓘ
manufacturer National Semiconductor ⓘ
marketPosition competitor to early 32-bit CISC CPUs ⓘ
notableFeature clean, orthogonal instruction set ⓘ
good compiler target ⓘ
pipeline pipelined execution ⓘ
predecessor NS32016 ⓘ
registerSet general-purpose registers ⓘ
program counter ⓘ
separate stack pointer ⓘ
status register ⓘ
successor NS32332 ⓘ
supports floating-point unit (via companion chip) ⓘ
memory management unit (via companion chip) ⓘ
multitasking (with MMU) ⓘ
protected mode (with MMU) ⓘ
virtual memory ⓘ
technology NMOS ⓘ
useCase academic systems ⓘ
embedded systems ⓘ
research systems ⓘ
workstation-class computers ⓘ
usedIn research operating systems ⓘ
university computer architecture labs ⓘ
wordSize 32-bit ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ceres workstation → architecture → NS32016 family ⓘ
linked to: NS32032