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

Author

Yoshida, Toshio ; Hondou, Mikio ; Tabata, Takekazu ; Kan, Ryuji ; Kiyota, Naohiro ; Kojima, Hiroyuki ; Hosoe, Koji ; Okano, Hiroshi

Volume

35

Issue

2

fYear

2015

fDate

Mar.-Apr. 2015

Firstpage

6

Lastpage

14

Abstract

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.

Keywords

embedded systems; instruction sets; microprocessor chips; parallel architectures; parallel machines; 34-core processor; Fujitsu; Sparc64 XIfx; embedded interconnect; exascale supercomputing; high-performance computing processor; instruction set architecture; massive parallel supercomputer systems; memory modules; microarchitecture; next-generation processor; Computer architecture; High performance computing; Memory management; Microprocessors; Next generation networking; Supercomputers; Hybrid memory cube; Sparc; Tofu interconnect; auto-parallelization; high performance computing; instruction set architecture; microprocessor; out of order; supercomputer;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Micro, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1732

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MM.2015.11

Filename

7021857