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Page 1: Sima Dezső 2007 őszi félév (Ver. 2.1)  Dezső Sima, 2007 Többmagos Processzorok (5)

Sima Dezső

2007 őszi félév

(Ver. 2.1) Dezső Sima, 2007

Többmagos Processzorok (5)

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• 10.3.1 POWER line

• 10.3.2 Cell BE

10.3 IBM’s MC processors

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10.3 IBM’s MC processors

• POWER4 180 nm10/2001• POWER4+ 130 nm11/2002

10.3.1 POWER line

• POWER5 130 nm 5/2004

• POWER5+ 90 nm10/2005• POWER6 65 nm2007

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Figure: The evolution of IBM’s major RISC lines

92 93 94 95 96 97 98 999190 02 030100 04 058988

OS/400

Commercial computing

IMPI/48

AIX

Technical computing

PowerPC/32

PowerPC AS/64

PowerPC/64

POWER/32

A10 A30

A50 Pulsar SStar

601 604 604e

POWER POWER2

Power3

Power3-II

P2SC

AS/400 e-Server iSeries

RS/6000 e-Server pSeries

(Scalar CISC)

(~2.G. superscalar)

(~1.G. superscalar)

(3.G. superscalar)

(3.G. superscalar)

(1.-2.G. superscalar)

Upwards binary compatible extension

Transition

Derived from

Northstar SStar

POWER4 POWER5

PowerPC/64 ext.

PowerPC AS/64 ext.(1.G. superscalar)

PSC

AS/400-line

06 07

POWER4+ POWER5+

POWER6

10.3.1 Evolution of IBM’s major RISC lines

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Figure : POWER4 chip logical view [3.6]

10.3.1 POWER4 (1)

Built-In-SelfTest

Service Processor

Power On Reset

Core interface Unit(crossbar)

Non-CacheableUnit

MultiChip Module

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Figure: Logical view of the L3 controller [3.5]

10.3.1 POWER4 (2)

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Figure: The memory cotroller of the POWER4 [3.5]

10.3.1 POWER4 (3)

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Figure: I/O controller of the POWER4 [3.5]

Fabric Controller

10.3.1 POWER4 (4)

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Figure: POWER4 chip [3.11]

10.3.1 POWER4 (5)

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10.3.1 POWER4 (6)

Table: Main features of IBM’s dual-core POWER line

Off-chipMem. contr.

L3

L21.44 MB/sharedSize/allocation

On-chipImplementation

32 MBSize

32 MB

Tags on-chip

SCM1/MCM2

115/125

Tags on-chip, data off-chip

1.3

174 mtrs

412 mm2

180 nm

10/2001

DC

POWER4

L3 size

L3 impl.

Power management

Dual threaded

Packaging

TDP [W]

Implementation

fc [GHz]

Nr. of transistors

Die size

Technology

Introduced

Dual/Quad-Core

POWER line

1 SMC: Single Chip Module2 MCM: Multi Chip Module3 DCM: Dual Chip Module

4 DCM: Dual Core Module5 QCM: Quad Core Module6 DPM: Dynamic Power Management

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10.3.2 POWER4+ (1)

Figure: New features of the POWER5+ [3.3]

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10.3.1 POWER4+ (2)

Table: Main features of IBM’s dual-core POWER line

On-chipOff-chipMem. contr.

L3

L21.5 MB/shared1.44 MB/sharedSize/allocation

On-chipOn-chipImplementation

32 MB32 MBSize

SCM1/MCM2

70

1.7

184 mtrs

380 mm2

130 nm

11/2002

DC

POWER4+

32 MB

Tags on-chip

SCM1/MCM2

115/125

Tags on-chip, data off-chip

1.3

174 mtrs

412 mm2

180 nm

10/2001

DC

POWER4

L3 size

L3 impl.

Power management

Dual threaded

Packaging

TDP [W]

Implementation

fc [GHz]

Nr. of transistors

Die size

Technology

Introduced

Dual/Quad-Core

POWER line

1 SMC: Single Chip Module2 MCM: Multi Chip Module3 DCM: Dual Chip Module

4 DCM: Dual Core Module5 QCM: Quad Core Module6 DPM: Dynamic Power Management

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Figure 5.14: Contrasting POWER4 and POWER5 system structures [3.1]

10.3.1 POWER5 (1)

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Figure: Block diagram of the POWER5 (1) [3.1]

10.3.1 POWER5 (2)

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Figure: Block diagram of the POWER5 (2) [3.12]

10.3.1 POWER5 (3)

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10.3.1 POWER5 (4)

Figure: Floorplan of the POWER5 [3.13]

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POWER4 POWER5

180 nm, 412 mm2130 nm, 389 mm2 (~3 % enlarged)

10.3.1 POWER5 (6)

Figure: Contrasting the floor plans of the POWER4 and POWER5 dies [3.11], [3.13]

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Figure: Packaging alternatives of the POWER4/5 processors

Source: Partridge R. and Ghatpande S., IBM Introduces POWER5+ and Quad-Core Modules in System p5,” Tech Trends Monthly, Nov./Dec. 2005,

POWER5+Dual-Core Module

10.3.1 POWER5 (7)

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POWER4 MCM Photo 32-way System Showing 4 MCMs and L3 Cache

                                     

                                          

                                    

Figure: Quad–Chip POWER4 module (MCM) and a 32-way POWER4 system [3.7]

10.3.1 POWER5 (8)

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Figure.: Interpretation of Dual-Chip Modules (DCMs) and Multi-Chip Modules (MCM) of the POWER5 [3.7]

10.3.1 POWER5 (9)

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Figure: Photos of Dual-Chip Modules (DCMs) and Multi-Chip Modules (MCM) of the POWER5 [3.7]

10.3.1 POWER5 (10)

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Figure: The Multi-chip module of the POWER5 [3.10]

10.3.1 POWER5 (11)

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10.3.1 POWER5 (12)

Table: Main features of IBM’s dual-core POWER line

On-chipOn-chipOff-chipMem. contr.

L3

L21.9 MB/shared1.5 MB/shared1.44 MB/sharedSize/allocation

On-chipOn-chipOn-chipImplementation

36 MB32 MB32 MBSize

36 MB

Tags on-chip

DPM6

DCM3/MCM2

80 (est)

1.65/1.9

276 mtrs

389 mm2

130 nm

5/2004

DC

POWER5

SCM1/MCM2

70

1.7

184 mtrs

380 mm2

130 nm

11/2002

DC

POWER4+

32 MB

Tags on-chip

SCM1/MCM2

115/125

Tags on-chip, data off-chip

1.3

174 mtrs

412 mm2

180 nm

10/2001

DC

POWER4

L3 size

L3 impl.

Power management

Dual threaded

Packaging

TDP [W]

Implementation

fc [GHz]

Nr. of transistors

Die size

Technology

Introduced

Dual/Quad-Core

POWER line

1 SMC: Single Chip Module2 MCM: Multi Chip Module3 DCM: Dual Chip Module

4 DCM: Dual Core Module5 QCM: Quad Core Module6 DPM: Dynamic Power Management

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Source: Vetter S. et al., IBM System p5 Quad-Core Module Based on POWER5+ Technology,” Redbooks paper, IBM Corp. 2006, http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp4150.pdf

Figure: Block diagram of the POWER5+

10.3.1 POWER5+ (1)

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Figure: Dual-Core Modules (DCMs) and Quad-Core Modules (QCM) of the POWER5+ [3.14]

10.3.1 POWER5+ (2)

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10.3.1 POWER5+ (3)

Table: Main features of IBM’s dual-core POWER line

On-chipOn-chipOn-chipOff-chipMem. contr.

L3

L21.9 MB/shared1.9 MB/shared1.5 MB/shared1.44 MB/sharedSize/allocation

On-chipOn-chipOn-chipOn-chipImplementation

36 MB36 MB32 MB32 MBSize

36 MB

Tags on-chip

DPM6

DCM3/MCM2

80 (est)

1.65/1.9

276 mtrs

389 mm2

130 nm

5/2004

DC

POWER5

SCM1/MCM2

70

1.7

184 mtrs

380 mm2

130 nm

11/2002

DC

POWER4+

32 MB

Tags on-chip

SCM1/MCM2

115/125

Tags on-chip, data off-chip

1.3

174 mtrs

412 mm2

180 nm

10/2001

DC

POWER4

36 MB

Tags on-chip

DPM6

DCM4/QCM5

70

1.92

276 mtrs

230 mm2

90 nm

10/2005

DC

POWER5+

L3 size

L3 impl.

Power management

Dual threaded

Packaging

TDP [W]

Implementation

fc [GHz]

Nr. of transistors

Die size

Technology

Introduced

Dual/Quad-Core

POWER line

10.3

1 SMC: Single Chip Module2 MCM: Multi Chip Module3 DCM: Dual Chip Module

4 DCM: Dual Core Module5 QCM: Quad Core Module6 DPM: Dynamic Power Management

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POWER6 POWER5+

Figure: Contrasting the block diagrams of the POWER5 and POWER6 processors [3.15]

Hardware support of decimal arithmetic

10.3.1 POWER6 (1)

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10.3.1 POWER6 (2)

Table: Main features of IBM’s dual-core POWER line

On-chipOn-chipOn-chipOff-chipMem. contr.

L3

L22*4 MB/private1.9 MB/shared1.9 MB/shared1.5 MB/shared1.44 MB/sharedSize/allocation

On-chipOn-chipOn-chipOn-chipOn-chipImplementation

64 MB?36 MB36 MB32 MB32 MBSize

36 MB

Tags on-chip

DPM6

DCM3/MCM2

80 (est)

1.65/1.9

276 mtrs

389 mm2

130 nm

5/2004

DC

POWER5

SCM1/MCM2

70

1.7

184 mtrs

380 mm2

130 nm

11/2002

DC

POWER4+

32 MB

Tags on-chip

SCM1/MCM2

115/125

Tags on-chip, data off-chip

1.3

174 mtrs

412 mm2

180 nm

10/2001

DC

POWER4

36 MB

Tags on-chip

DPM6

DCM4/QCM5

70

1.92

276 mtrs

230 mm2

90 nm

10/2005

DC

POWER5+

32 MBL3 size

Tags on-chipL3 impl.

n.a.Power management

Dual threaded

n.a.Packaging

~100TDP [W]

Implementation

4-5fc [GHz]

750 mtrsNr. of transistors

341 mm2Die size

65 nmTechnology

2007Introduced

DCDual/Quad-Core

POWER6POWER line

1 SMC: Single Chip Module2 MCM: Multi Chip Module3 DCM: Dual Chip Module

4 DCM: Dual Core Module5 QCM: Quad Core Module6 DPM: Dynamic Power Management

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10.3 IBM’s MC processors

• Cell BE 90 nm2/2006

10.3.2 Cell BE

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Figure: The history and development cost of the Cell BE [3.17], [3.22]

10.3.2 Cell BE (1)

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AUC: Atomic Update Cache

BIC: Bus Interface Contr.

EIB: Element Interface Bus

LS: Local Store of 256 KB

MFC: Memory Flow Controller

MIC: Memory Interface Contr.

PPE: Power Processing Element

PXU: POWER Execution Unit

SMF: Synergistic Memory Flow

Unit

SPU: Synergistic Processor Unit

SXU: Synergistic Execution Unit

XDR: Rambus DRAM

Figure: Block diagram of the Cell BE [3.19]

10.3.2 Cell BE (2)

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PPE: dual-threaded > 200 GFLOPS (SP) > 20 GFLOPS (DP) > 25 GB/s memory BW > 75 GB/s I/O BW > 300 GB/s EIB BW fc > 4 GHz (lab)

Figure: Main design parameters of the Cell BE [3.28]

10.3.2 Cell BE (3)

Design parameters of the Cell BE:

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Figure : Cell SPE architecture [3.16]

10.3.2 Cell BE (4)

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Figure: Block diagram of the SPE [3.19]

10.3.2 Cell BE (5)

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Figure: Pipeline stages of the Cell BE [3.19]

10.3.2 Cell BE (6)

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Figure: Floor plan of a single SPE [3.19]

10.3.2 Cell BE (7)

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Principle of operation of the Element Interface Bus (EIB) [3.23]

10.3.2 Cell BE (8)

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Figure: The Element Interface Bus EIB) [3.19]

10.3.2 Cell BE (9)

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Figure: The Synergistic Memory Flow unit (SMF) [3.19]

10.3.2 Cell BE (10)

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Figure: PPE block diagram [3.28]

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Figure: Floor plan of the Cell BE processor [3.19]

235 mm2

241 mtrs

10.3.2 Cell BE (11)

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10.3.2 Cell BE (12)

Table: Main features of the IBM’s Cell BE

L3

On-chipMemory controller

Ring basedInterconnection network

Up to 75 MB/sI/O bandwidth

PPE: 2-waySPE:

Multithreading

95 W @ 3GHzTDP [W]

25 GB/sMemory bandwidth

PPE: 512 KBSPE: 256 KB Local Store (128*128 bit)

L2

3.0/3.2fc [GHz]

234 mtrsNr. of transistors

221 mm2Die size

90 nmTechnology

9/2006 (in the QS20 BladeCenter)Introduction

PPE: 64-bit RISCSPE: Dual-issue 32-bit SIMD with 128 bit capability

Cores

PowerPC 2.02Architecture

Heterogeneous1xPPE, 8*SPE

Implementation

Cell BESeries

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Source: Brochard L., A Cell History,” Cell Workshop, April, 2006 http://www.irisa.fr/orap/Constructeurs/Cell/Cell%20Short%20Intro%20Luigi.pdf

Figure: Cell BE Blade Roadmap

10.3.2 Cell BE (13)

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Source: Hofstee H. P., „Real-time Superconputing and Technology for Games and Entertainment,” 2006, http://www.cercs.gatech.edu/docs/SC06_Cell_111606.pdf

Figure: Roadmap of the Cell BE

10.3.2 Cell BE (14)

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10.3 Literature (1)

POWER4, POWER4+

[3.3] Grassl C., „New IBM Components for HPCx”, Dec. 2003, http://www.hpcx.ac.uk/about/events/annual2003/Grassl.pdf

[3.1] Barney B., „IBM POWER Systems Overview”, Livermore Computing, 2006, http://www.llnl.gov/computing/tutorials/ibm_sp/

[3.2] DeMone P., „Sizing Up the Super Heavyweights,” Real Word Technologies, Sept. 2004, http://h21007.www2.hp.com/dspp/files/unprotected/Itanium/sizingsuperheavys.pdf

[3.4] Krevell K., „IBM’s POWER4 Unveiling Continuues”, Microprocessor Report, Nov. 20. 2000, pp- 1-4

[3.5] Tendler, J.M., Dodson, S., Fields S., Le H., Sinharoy B.: Power4 System Microarchitecture, IBM Server, Technical White Paper, October 2001, http://www-03.ibm.coom/servers/eserver/pseries/hardware/whitepapers/power4.pdf

POWER5, POWER5+

[3.9] Grassl C., „New IBM Components for HPCx”, Dec. 2003, http://www.hpcx.ac.uk/about/events/annual2003/Grassl.pdf

[3.7] Barney B., „IBM POWER Systems Overview”, Livermore Computing, 2006, http://www.llnl.gov/computing/tutorials/ibm_sp/

[3.8] DeMone P., „Sizing Up the Super Heavyweights,” Real Word Technologies, Sept. 2004, http://h21007.www2.hp.com/dspp/files/unprotected/Itanium/sizingsuperheavys.pdf

[3.10] Kalla R., „IBM’s POWER5 Microprocessor Design and Methodology,” 2003, www-csl.csres.utexas.edu/users/billmark/teach/cs352-05-spring/lectures/Lecture22-RonKallaIBM.pdf

[3.6] Tendler, J.M., Dodson, S., Fields S., Le H., Sinharoy B.: Power4 System Microarchitecture,, IBM J. Res. & Dev. Vol. 46, No. 1, Jan. 2002, pp. 5-25,

http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rd/461/tendler.pdf

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[3.11] Kalla R., Sinharoy B., Tendler J.: Simultaneous Multi-threading Implementation in Power5 – IBM’s Next Generation POWER Microprocessor, 2003

http://www.hotchips.org/archives/hc15/3_Tue/11.ibm.pdf

[3.12] Krevell K., „POWER5 Tops on Bandwidth”, Microprocessor Report, Dec. 2003 http://studies.ac.upc.edu/ETSETB/SEGPAR/microprocessors/power5%20(2)%20(mpr).pdf

[3.13] Shinharoy B., Kalla R.N., Tendler J.M., Eickenmeyer R.J., Joyner J.B., „POWER5 system microarchitecture,” IBM J. R&D, Vol. 49, No. 4/5, 2005, pp. 505-521

[3.15] Kanter D., „IBM Previews the Power6,” Oct. 2006, [email protected]

[3.14] Vetter S. et al., IBM System p5 Quad-Core Module Based on POWER5+ Technology,” Redbooks paper, IBM Corp. 2006, http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp4150.pdf

POWER6

POWER5, POWER5+ (cont.)

Cell BE

[3.17] Brochard L., A Cell History,” Cell Workshop, April, 2006 http://www.irisa.fr/orap/Constructeurs/Cell/Cell%20Short%20Intro%20Luigi.pdf

[3.19] Gshwind M., „Chip Multiprocessing and the Cell BE,” ACM Computing Frontiers, 2006, http://beatys1.mscd.edu/compfront//2006/cf06-gschwind.pdf

[3.16] Blachford N.: „Cell Architecture Explained Version 2”, http://www.blachford.info/computer/Cell/Cell1_v2.html

[3.18] Day M. and Hofstee P., „Hardware and Software Architectures for the Cell Broadband Engine processor, ” CODES, Sept. 2006, http://www.casesconference.org/cases2005/pdf/Cell-tutorial.pdf

10.3 Literature (2)

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10.3 Literature (3)

Cell BE (cont.)

[3.23] Keable C., „And we also have hardware...” 17th Machine Evaluation Workshop, Dec. 2006, http://www.cse.clrc.ac.uk/disco/mew17/talks/Keable_IBM_MEW17.pdf

[3.21] Hofstee H. P., „Real-time Superconputing and Technology for Games and Entertainment,” 2006, http://www.cercs.gatech.edu/docs/SC06_Cell_111606.pdf

[3.26] Solie, D., „Technology Trends Presentation,” Power Symposium, Aug. 2006, http://www-03.ibm.com/procurement/proweb.nsf/objectdocswebview/ file14+-+darryl+solie+-+ibm+power+symposium+presentation/$file/ 14+-+darryl+solie-ibm-power+symposium+presentation+v2.pdf

[3.27] - „Cell Broadband Engine processor – based systems,” White Paper, IBM Corp., 2006

[3.25] Krewell K., „Cell Moves Into The Limelight,” Microprocessor Report, Febr. 14 2005, pp. 1-9

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