Title :
Montecito: a dual-core, dual-thread Itanium processor
Author :
McNairy, Cameron ; Bhatia, Rohit
Author_Institution :
Intel Corp., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Abstract :
Intel´s Montecito is the first Itanium processor to feature duplicate, dual-thread cores and cache hierarchies on a single die. It features a landmark 1.72 billion transistors and server-focused technologies, and it requires only 100 watts of power. Intel´s Itanium 2 processor series has regularly delivered additional performance through the increased frequency and cache as evidenced by the 6-Mbyte and 9-Mbyte versions.
Keywords :
cache storage; computer architecture; instruction sets; microprocessor chips; multi-threading; performance evaluation; pipeline processing; Montecito; cache hierarchy; dual-thread Itanium processor; Computer industry; Energy management; Frequency; Logic; Multithreading; Parallel processing; Pipelines; Program processors; Registers; Technology management; Cache memories; Multithreaded processors; Power Management; Reliability; Testing; and Fault-Tolerance;
Journal_Title :
Micro, IEEE
