Reality Coprocessor (RCP) Manual & Schematic :
The RCP is the workhorse of the Nintendo 64. It contains a secondary MIPS R4000 based processor with vector command extensions, known as the Reality Signal Processor (RSP). It also contains SGI’s rasterizer hardware, known as the Reality Display Processor (RDP). The RCP also contains a collection of registers controlling virtually all peripheral access on the N64 including video, audio and serial among other things. The main processor communicates...
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