MultiProcessor Watch
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There has been a proliferation of multiprocessor computing platforms for scientific and embedded computing domains, as well as for the general purpose computing domain. This page looks at a set of recent multiprocessor platforms, and also provide some tools for analyzing a multiprocessor platform.
| Graph of # Proc vs the year of Introduction |
Multiprocessors [ MESCAL MultiProcessor Watch ]
Domain Specific Multiprocessors
- IBM/Microsoft Xenon, 3 PEs. An IBM designed processor, customized for Microsoft, Xenon is the CPU of the Xbox 360, and shipped to consumers in November 2005.
- Sony/Toshiba/IBM Cell Processor, 9 PEs. A joint project of Sony, Toshiba, IBM, Cell is envisioned primarily as a computing engine for media applications. It is the centerpiece of Sony's Playstation 3, shipping in 2006.
- ClearSpeed CSX600, 64-96 PEs. Clearspeed has developed a highly parallel architecture for High Performance computing work.
- Cisco CRS-1 Metro, 192 PEs. A massively many-core custom network processor for Cisco's highest end routers.
- Azul, 24 PEs.
- Rapport KC256, 256 PE. Parallel Processing using 256 Kilocore (TM).
Network Processors
General Purpose Multiprocessors
- Sun UltraSparc T1 - Niagara, 8 PEs.
- IBM Power5, 2 PEs.
Analysis Tools
- ITRS Roadmap, International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors
- Multicore Performance Estimator
- Cache Calculator
- BACPAC, Berkeley Advanced Chip Performance Calculator
- RAMP, Research Accelerator for Multiple Processors
- comp.arch, the computer architecture news group
Others
