High Performance Processors

Marcos Mejías Del ValleCarlos Mateo Rojas

Daniel Castro Gambedotti

Group H ver.2.0

Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringWednesday, August 25, 2004

Outline• Brief Description

• Comparison Table

• Processor Technological Advances

• Conclusions

What is a High Performance Processor?

• Processor subtype utilized for specific systems that require rapid computations and fast input and output speeds.

• Usually found in supercomputers, high-capacity servers and mainframes.

• Typically based on RISC architectures.

Processors’ ComparisonAMD Opteron IBM PowerPC 970FX

Bus Frequency 1.4-2.4GHz 1.1GHzBus Bandwidth 11.2-19.2GB/s 6.8GB/sRAM Supported 1TB 4TBMemory Access Supported 256TB 18EBCache Size L1 128KB Inst=64KB Data=32KBCache Size L2 1MB 512KBCache Size L3 N/A N/APower Consumption 30-89W 12.3-24.5WCost $150-$895Operating Voltage 1.15-1.55V 1.0-1.3VCase Temperature 70 Degrees Celsius 105 Degrees CelsiusClock Frequency 1.4-2.4GHz 1.4-2GHzProcess Technology 130nm 90nm

Processors’ Comparison

Intel Itanium 2 Intel Xeon Sun UltraSPARCIVBus Frequency 400MHz 533-800MHz 150MHzBus Bandwidth 6.4GB/s 4.8GB/s 2.4GBRAM Supported 1PB 4GB 16GBMemory Access Supported 1EB 64GB 16EBCache Size L1 32KB 16KB Inst=32KB Data=64KBCache Size L2 256KB 256KB-1MB Off-Chip Up To 16MBCache Size L3 1.5MB / 3MB / 4MB / 6MB 1-4MB N/APower Consumption 130W 74-111W 108WCost $910-$1980 $222-$745Operating Voltage 1.35-1.65V 1.5V 1.35VCase Temperature 90-107 Degrees Celsius 75 Degrees Celsius 90 Degrees CelsiusClock Frequency 1.3-1.5GHz 2.8-3.6GHz 1.05-1.2GHzProcess Technology 130nm 130-90nm 130nm

Technological Advances

• AMD Opteron:1. Integrated Memory Controller

2. HyperTransport Technology

• IBM PowerPC 970FX:1. Power4 Technology

Technological Advances (Cont.)

• Intel Itanium 2:1. EPIC Technology

• Intel Xeon:1. NetBurst Microarquitecture

2. Hyperthreading

3. Extended Memory 64

Technological Advances (Cont.)

• Sun Microsystems UltraSPARC IV:1. Chip Multithreading

Conclusion

• Based on the data gathered, the IBM PowerPC 970FX, the Intel Itanium 2 and the AMD Opteron are better all-around for both server and mainframe applications.

• AMD Opteron and IBM PowerPC 970FX are compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit systems and applications.

References• http://www.amd.com• http://www.ibm.com/powerpc• http://www.intel.com/products/server/processors/

server/xeon/• http://www.intel.com/products/server/processors/

server/itanium2/• http://www.sun.com/processors• http://www.google.com

Acknowledgements

In no particular order, we would like to acknowledge and thank: God, our families, Prof. Santiago and Prof. Jimenez, Prof. Navarro, Carmen, Burger King, Dell Computers, everybody at ICDL, the P.R. Olympic Basketball Team, our friends and classmates, “Joe King”, the original “Group H”, air conditioners, fast internet connections and Larry Stein. If anybody was left out, fill your name in here____________.