• DocumentCode
    378806
  • Title

    The on-chip 3 MB subarray based 3rd level cache on an Itanium microprocessor

  • Author

    Weiss, D. ; Wuu, J.J. ; Chin, V.

  • Author_Institution
    Hewlett-Packard Co., Fort Collins, CO, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    7-7 Feb. 2002
  • Firstpage
    112
  • Abstract
    This 3 MB on-chip level-three cache employs subarray design style, and achieves 85% array efficiency. Characterized to operate up to 1.2 GHz, the cache allows a store and a load in every four core cycles, and provides a total bandwidth of 64 GB/s at 1.0 GHz.
  • Keywords
    cache storage; cellular arrays; microprocessor chips; 1.0 GHz; 1.2 GHz; 3 MB; 64 GB/s; Itanium microprocessor; array efficiency; bandwidth; core cycles; level-three cache; on-chip subarray; subarray design style; Assembly; Circuits; Clocks; Decoding; Microprocessors; Random access memory; Repeaters; Signal generators; Testing; Turning;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2002. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 2002 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7335-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSCC.2002.992964
  • Filename
    992964