4.7
Store Queues
The SH7750 Series supports two 32-byte store queues (SQs) to perform high-speed writes to
external memory.
In the SH7750S or SH7750R, if the SQs are not used the low power dissipation power-down
modes, in which SQ functions are stopped, can be used. The queue address control registers
(QACR0 and QACR1) cannot be accessed while SQ functions are stopped. See section 9, Power-
Down Modes, for the procedure for stopping SQ functions.
4.7.1
SQ Configuration
There are two 32-byte store queues, SQ0 and SQ1, as shown in figure 4.16. These two store
queues can be set independently.
SQ0[0] SQ0[1] SQ0[2] SQ0[3] SQ0[4] SQ0[5] SQ0[6] SQ0[7]
SQ0
SQ1
SQ1[0] SQ1[1] SQ1[2] SQ1[3] SQ1[4] SQ1[5] SQ1[6] SQ1[7]
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
Figure 4.16 Store Queue Configuration
4.7.2
SQ Writes
A write to the SQs can be performed using a store instruction (MOV) on P4 area H'E000 0000 to
H'E3FF FFFC. A longword or quadword access size can be used. The meaning of the address bits
is as follows:
[31:26]:
[25:6]:
[5]:
111000
Don’t care
0/1
Store queue specification
Used for external memory transfer/access right
0: SQ0 specification
1: SQ1 specification
[4:2]:
[1:0]
LW specification
00
Specifies longword position in SQ0/SQ1
Fixed at 0
4.7.3
Transfer to External Memory
Transfer from the SQs to external memory can be performed with a prefetch instruction (PREF).
Issuing a PREF instruction for P4 area H'E000 0000 to H'E3FF FFFC starts a burst transfer from
the SQs to external memory. The burst transfer length is fixed at 32 bytes, and the start address is
always at a 32-byte boundary. While the contents of one SQ are being transferred to external
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