These devices are multilevel pipeline registers implemented
using a low power CMOS process. They are pin for pin
compatible replacements for industry standard multilevel
pipeline registers such as the L29C520 and L29C521. The
HSP9520 and HSP5921 are direct replacements for the
AM29520 and AM29521 and WS59520 and WS59521.
They consist of four 8-bit registers which are dual ported.
They can be configured as a single four level pipeline or a
dual two level pipeline. A single 8-bit input is provided, and
the pipelining configuration is determined by the instruction
code input to the I0 and I1 inputs (see instruction control).
The contents of any of the four registers is selectable at the
multiplexed outputs through the use of the S0 and S1
multiplexer control inputs (see register select. The output is
8 bits wide and is three-stated through the use of the OE
input.
The HSP9520 and HSP9521 differ only in the way data is
loaded into and between the registers in dual two-level
operation. In the HSP9520 when data is loaded into the first
level the existing data in the first level is moved to the
second level. In the HSP9521 loading the first level simply
causes the current data to be overwritten. Transfer of data to
the second level is achieved using the single four level mode
(I1, I0 = ‘0’). This instruction also causes the first level to be
loaded. The HOLD instruction (I1, I0 = ‘1’) provides a means
of holding the contents of all registers.