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