HP3000-L Archives

September 2001, Week 4

HP3000-L@RAVEN.UTC.EDU
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
Re: OT: Is Sun's New Unix Server Is Biggest Yet?
From:
John Clogg <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
John Clogg <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 27 Sep 2001 09:13:50 -0700
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (19 lines) 
Mark Landin writes:
>The PA-8700 is a 4-way superscalar CPU. There are maximum of 64 such
>CPU's in a single Superdome node. A single Superdome cabinet can
>contain 32 CPU's and 128GB of memory. Adding a second cabinet takes
>you up to 64 CPU's and 256GB memory.
>
>4-way superscalar, means, I think, that there are 4 "stages" in the
>execution pipline of the CPU, so up to 4 instructions can be loaded in
>the execution pipeline at one time, each one at a different stage of
>execution.

I was intrigued by this question and went to the spec sheet on HP's web
site.  The Superdome uses modules that contain four PA8700 processors.  The
largest (two-cabinet) Superdome can accommodate 16 of theses cards, giving
it 64 processors.

* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *

ATOM RSS1 RSS2