Module 18: "TLP on Chip: HT/SMT and CMP"
  Lecture 40: "Case Studies: IBM Power4 and IBM Power5"
 


TLP on Chip: HT/SMT and CMP

IBM POWER4

4-chip 8-way NUMA

32-way: ring bus

POWER4 core

POWER4 pipeline

POWER4 caches

POWER4 L2 cache

POWER4 L3 cache

POWER4 die photo

IBM POWER5

POWER5 die photo