• DocumentCode
    3431069
  • Title

    The Sun Fireplane SMP interconnect in the Sun Fire 3800-6800

  • Author

    Charlesworth, Alan

  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    37
  • Lastpage
    42
  • Abstract
    Worldwide server revenue is dominated by symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) systems. The architecture and implementation of the interconnect that maintains system-wide cache coherency is critical to the performance and scalability of SMP systems. This paper describes the Sun TM Fireplane SMP interconnect protocol, and the implementation choices we made for the mid-sized Sun FireTM 3800-6800 servers
  • Keywords
    multiprocessor interconnection networks; performance evaluation; symmetric switching functions; Sun Fire 3800-6800; Sun Fireplane SMP interconnect; Worldwide server revenue; performance; scalability; symmetric multiprocessor; system-wide cache coherency; Bandwidth; Broadcasting; Clocks; Delay; Fires; Integrated circuit interconnections; Packet switching; Protocols; Sun; Switching circuits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Hot Interconnects 9, 2001.
  • Conference_Location
    Stanford, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-1357-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HIS.2001.946691
  • Filename
    946691
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3431069