Chip Features

Process     IBM 45nm SOI
Dimension 11 X 13 mm2                    
Transistor Count 600 Million                
Frequency    833 MHz
Power                28.8 W

 

Core Dual-issue, in-order, 10-stage pipeline
ISA 32-bit Power Architecture
L1 Cache Private split 4-way set associative write-through 16 KB I/D
L2 Cache Private inclusive 4-way set associative 128 KB
Line Size 32 B
Coherence Protocol MOSI (O: forward state)
Directory Cache 128 KB (1 owner bit, 1 dirty bit)
Snoop Filter Region tracker (4KB regions, 128 entries)

 

NOC Topology 6 X 6 Mesh
Channel Width 137 bits (Ctrl packets - 1 flit, data packets - 3 flits)
Virtual Networks    
1. Globally ordered - 4 VCs, 1 buffers each
2. Unordered - 2 VCs, 3 buffers each                
Router XY routing, cut-through, multicast, lookahead bypassing
Pipeline 3-stage router (1- stage with bypassing), 1- stage link
Notification Network   36-bits wide, bufferless, 13 cycle time window, max 4 pending messages

 

Memory Controller 2 X Dual Port Cadence DDR2 Memory Controller + PHY    
FPGA Controller 1 X Packet-switched flexible data-rate controller