CSC/ECE 506 Fall 2007/wiki 2 5 2281

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Cache sizes in multicore architectures Create a table of caches used in current multicore architectures, including such parameters as number of levels, line size, size and associativity of each level, latency of each level, whether each level is shared, and coherence protocol used. Compare this with two or three recent single-core designs.

Multi-core Architecture Number of levels Line Size Cache Size Associativity Latency Is the Level shared Coherence Protocol used
AMD Opteron Processor 2 - 64 Byte L1 Cache - Data and Instruction Cache Separated, 1024 KByte L2 2 Way Associative ECC Protected L1 Data Cache & Parity Protected Instruction Cache;
16 Way Associative Parity Protected L2 Cache
Two 64 bit operations per 3 cycle latency No Exclusive cache architecture
AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core 2 - 64 Byte L1 Cache - Data and Instruction Cache Separated, 1024 KByte L2 2 Way Associative ECC Protected L1 Data Cache & Parity Protected Instruction Cache;
16 Way Associative Parity Protected L2 Cache
Two 64 bit operations per 3 cycle latency No Exclusive cache architecture
AMD Turin 64 Mobile 2 - 64 Kbyte L1; Upto 1MByte of L2 with 512 Kbyte Options 2-Way Associative ECC-Protected L1 Data Cache & Parity Protected L1 Instruction Cache;
16-Way Associative ECC-Protected L2 Cache
Two 64-bit operations per cycle, 3-cycle latency - With advanced branch prediction No Exclusive cache architecture—storage
AMD Sempron Processor 2 - 64-Kbyte ECC-Protected L1 Data Cache && Parity-Protected Instruction Cache;
256-Kbyte ECC-Protected

L2 Cache

2-Way Associative L1 Cache ; 16-Way Associative L2 Cache Two 64-bit operations per cycle, 3-cycle latency No Exclusive cache architecture—storage
AMD Athlon Duron Processor 2 - Integrated 128-Kbyte L1 Cache and an exclusive 64-Kbyte L2 Cache - - No Exclsive cache architecture-storage
AMD Palemo Processor 2 - 64 KByte L1 Data Cache & L1 Instruction Cache;
Unified 128 or 256 KByte L2 Cache
- - No Inclusive
AMD Thoroughbred (TBRED) 2 - 64 KByte L1 Data Cache & L1 Instruction Cache;
Unified 256 KByte full-speed L2 Cache
- - No Inclusive
AMD Barton Processor 2 - 64 KByte L1 Data Cache & L1 Instruction Cache;
Unified 512 KByte L2 Cache
- - No -
AMD Thunderbird 2 - - 16-Way - - -
CELL Processor (Playstation3 Processor) Manufactured by TOSHIBA, IBM and SONY Power PC Core, which is at the centre of the Cell, contains 2 Levels ;
Each of the "surrounding" SPEs have just one level of Cache
- 32 KByte Data Cache + 32 Kbyte Instruction Cache in the Power PC Core ;
The surrounding SPEs have 256 Kbyte Unified Cache
- - The L2 Cache of the Power PC Core is shared by the surrounding SPEs -