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Workstations CPU
David Josué Morales
José Luis Micheri
Marie Muñoz
The Dinosaurs
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
August 25, 2004
Outline
• Introduction
• Individual Processor Description
• Comparison Between Processors
• Conclusion
Introduction
• Our objective in this presentation is to inform the characteristics of the processors used for workstations by different companies and compare each one of them.
Intel Xeon• 2.4-3GHz• L2 1MB• HT Extended • Memory 64 Technology• Demand Based Switching with Enhanced Intel
Speed Step• Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (SSE3)• 124W • $900.00
Intel Itanium 2
• 1.3-1.5 GHz• L2 256KB, L3 6MB• Based on EPIC architecture• Enhanced Machine Check architecture (MCA)• Operating system support HP-UX, Linux• 130W• $1,300.00
Apple Power PC G5
• 1.25GHz• L1 96KB L2 512KB• 64 Bit Frontside bus up to 1.25GHz• Dual independent frontside buses in dual
processor systems• Two floating-point units for high-speed
double-precision calculations• 24.5W• $2,200.00
AMD Opteron• 1.4-2.4GHz• L1 128KB L2 1MB• AMD64 technology instruction set extensions• 64-bit integer registers• Eight new 64-bit integer registers • Eight new 128-bit SSE/SSE2 registers • 55W~30W• $800.00
Ultra SPARC IIi• 500MHz• L1 32KB L2 512KB• VIS Instruction Set• 64-bit SPARC V9• CMOS 0.18 micron process• 6 layer AL metal• 13W• $1,400.00
Ultra SPARC III• 1.0-1.2GHz• L1 100KB L2 8MB (ext)• 64-Bit SPARC architecture• VIS Instruction Set• 4-way superscalar• 14-stage non-stable pipeline• CMOS .13 micron process• 1368 pin flip-chip ceramic Land Grid Array (LGA)• 53W• $6,500.00
Comparison
IntelXeon
Intel Itanium 2
Apple Power PCG5
AMD Opteron
Ultra SPARC IIi
Ultra SPARC III
Frequency 2.4-3GHz 1.3-1.5 GHz 1.25GHz 1.4-2.4GHz 500MHz 1.0-1.2GHz
Size of Cache L2 1MB L2 256KB, L3 6MB L1 96KB L2 512KB L1 128KB L2 1MB L1 32KB L2 512KB L1 100KB L2 8MB (ext)
Power Consumption 124W 130W 24.5W 55W~30W 13W 53W
Cost $900.00 $1,300.00 $2,200.00 $800.00 $1,400.00 $6,500.00
Conclusion
• Based on the specifications found for each processor, we conclude that the most convenient one for power applications is the Power PC G5.
References
• Internet– www.intel.com– www.apple.com– www.sun.com– www.amd.com
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