Sparc64 XIfx: Fujitsu's Next-Generation Processor for High-Performance Computing

Sparc64 XIfx, the latest high-performance computing processor, includes a 34-core processor and achieves 1.1 teraflops of peak performance. This chip is designed for massive parallel supercomputer systems that realize high performance for a wide range of real applications. As groundwork for exascale...

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Published inIEEE MICRO Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 6 - 14
Main Authors Yoshida, Toshio, Hondou, Mikio, Tabata, Takekazu, Kan, Ryuji, Kiyota, Naohiro, Kojima, Hiroyuki, Hosoe, Koji, Okano, Hiroshi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.03.2015
Subjects
Architecture (computers)
auto-parallelization
Chips
Computation
Computer architecture
High performance computing
Hybrid memory cube
instruction set architecture
Interconnections
Memory management
microprocessor
Microprocessors
Modules
Next generation networking
out of order
Parallel computers
Sparc
supercomputer
Supercomputers
Tofu interconnect
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Summary:Sparc64 XIfx, the latest high-performance computing processor, includes a 34-core processor and achieves 1.1 teraflops of peak performance. This chip is designed for massive parallel supercomputer systems that realize high performance for a wide range of real applications. As groundwork for exascale supercomputing, it has made major technological changes from the previous Sparc64 processor in the instruction set architecture, microarchitecture, memory modules, and embedded interconnect.
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ISSN:0272-1732
1937-4143
DOI:10.1109/MM.2015.11