CPU DESCRIPTION
UltraSPARC-II CPU
The
A complete implementation of the SPARC™ V9 architecture, it has binary compatibility with all previous ver- sions of the SPARC™ microprocessor family.
The
Delivering high memory bandwidth, media processing and raw compute performance, the
CPU Features | CPU Benefits |
Architecture | • |
| network computing application’s performance |
• Allows applications to store data locally in the | |
| register files |
•Superscalar/Superpipelined | • Allows for multiple integer and floating point |
| execution units leading to higher application |
| performance |
•High performance memory interconnect
•VIS multimedia accelerating instructions
•100% binary compatibility with previous versions of SPARC™
•Uses 0.25 micron technology and packaging
•Alleviating the bottleneck of bandwidth to main memory
•Delivering scalability at the system level, thus increasing the end user’s return on investment
•Reducing the system cost by eliminating the special purpose media processor
•Increasing the return on investment of software applications
•Enhanced processor performance with decreased power consumption, thus increasing the reliability of the microprocessor
Performance
•Integer | • | 17.4(SPECint95) |
•Floating Point | • | 25.7 (SPECfp95) |
•Bandwidth (BW) to main memory | • 1.6 Gbyte/sec (peak) with a 100MHz UPA | |
Unique Features |
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•Block load and store instructions | • Delivering high performance access to large | |
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| datasets across the network |
•JTAG Boundary Scan and Performance | • Enabling UltraSPARC™ based systems to offer | |
Instrumentation |
| features such as: power management, automatic |
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| error correction, and lower maintenance cost |
2 | Sun Microsystems, Inc | July 1999 |