• DocumentCode
    1275960
  • Title

    Optimizing Data-Center TCO with Scale-Out Processors

  • Author

    Grot, Boris ; Hardy, Damien ; Lotfi-Kamran, Pejman ; Falsafi, Babak ; Nicopoulos, Chrysostomos ; Sazeides, Yiannakis

  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    52
  • Lastpage
    63
  • Abstract
    Performance and total cost of ownership (TCO) are key optimization metrics in large-scale data centers. According to these metrics, data centers designed with conventional server processors are inefficient. Recently introduced processors based on low-power cores can improve both throughput and energy efficiency compared to conventional server chips. However, a specialized Scale-Out Processor (SOP) architecture maximizes on-chip computing density to deliver the highest performance per TCO and performance per watt at the data-center level.
  • Keywords
    computer centres; costing; energy conservation; microprocessor chips; TCO metric; data-center TCO optimization; energy efficiency; on-chip computing density; scale-out processor; throughput; total cost-of-ownership; Computer architecture; Investments; Organizations; Performance evaluation; Program processors; Servers; System-on-a-chip; Scale-Out Processors; data centers; performance; total cost of ownership;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Micro, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1732
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MM.2012.71
  • Filename
    6290314
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1275960