Table Of Contents - Nintendo Ultra64 Programmer's Manual

1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 15
Document Description ................................................................................................. 16
What It Is .................................................................................................................. 16
What It Is Not .......................................................................................................... 16
Information Presentation ....................................................................................... 17
RSP Software Development Tools.............................................................................. 19
rspasm....................................................................................................................... 19
cpp............................................................................................................................. 20
m4 .............................................................................................................................. 21
buildtask................................................................................................................... 21
rsp2elf ....................................................................................................................... 21
rsp, rspg .................................................................................................................... 21
Gameshop Debugger (gvd) ................................................................................... 22
2. RSP Architecture ............................................................................................................. 23
Overview ........................................................................................................................ 24
Slave to the CPU...................................................................................................... 24
Part of the RCP ........................................................................................................ 24
R4000 Core ............................................................................................................... 25
Clock Speed.............................................................................................................. 26
Vector Processor...................................................................................................... 26
Major R4000 Differences .............................................................................................. 27
Pipeline Depth ......................................................................................................... 27
No Interrupts, Exceptions, or Traps ..................................................................... 27
Coprocessors............................................................................................................ 27
Missing Instructions ............................................................................................... 27

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