Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:55:19 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: Paketix <paketix@bluewin.ch> Cc: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Porting effort towards TILERA massive multicore CPUs...? Message-ID: <4CA4B2E7.1@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <6DD4F31E-93F7-4D80-AAB8-86E69FE5D9E5@bluewin.ch> References: <DAF6D540-3311-4F75-8E24-A5BCBDBC7AE0@bluewin.ch> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1009301103540.12886@fledge.watson.org> <6DD4F31E-93F7-4D80-AAB8-86E69FE5D9E5@bluewin.ch>
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On 9/30/10 3:44 AM, Paketix wrote: > do not know all the details yet > but tileGX features (incomplete list): > - DCC fully coherent cache > - mPipe wire speed pkt processing engine > - on chip encryption/compression engines > - fast on chip mesh interconnect > - 2x40G interlaken or 8x10G > ... > > for more details see: > tilera.com/products/processors/TILE-Gx-Family http://www.tilera.com/products/processors/TILE-Gx_Family > BR > /pat > > Sent from Pat's iPhone > > On 30.09.2010, at 12:05, Robert Watson<rwatson@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > >> On Sun, 26 Sep 2010, Paketix wrote: >> >>> there is a rather new processor from TILERA (100 core chip) which is >>> most certainly already known here at FreeBSD mailing list. >> Theory has it I'll be getting access to Intel SCC 48/96-core hardware here at Cambridge in the moderately near future, and I've been pondering what would be involved. Their model involves 48+ x86 cores without cache coherency, so you need separate OS instances for each. However, the cores are linked by fifo-like memory that we'll need to figure out what to do with. I assume Tilera has some similar sort of message-passing feature? >> >> Robert >> >>> [http://www.tilera.com/products/processors/TILE-Gx_Family] >>> the processor/platform is targeted towards: >>> - high performance network security platforms >>> - firewalling/vpn >>> - utm >>> - l7 deep packet inspection >>> - network monitoring and forensics >>> - cloud computing >>> - web application (lamp) >>> - data caching (memcached) >>> - database applications >>> - high-performance computing >>> >>> chris metcalf from TILERA did the current linux port and i was in >>> contact with him about two weeks ago. >>> at this time QUANTA computer is starting to offer a 512 core 2U box >>> with an impressive performance/watt ratio (400 watts only for 512 >>> cores). >>> [http://www.tilera.com/solutions/cloud_computing] >>> >>> i guess those massive multicore chips would enable bleeding edge >>> high performance solutions based on FreeBSD. >>> >>> well... >>> - anyone interested in porting FreeBSD towards TILERA? >>> (architecture seems to be similar to MIPS...) >>> - is there already some ongoing porting effort? >>> - porting for this chip already discussed in this mailing list? >>> >>> many thx >>> /pat >>> >>> some links for those who want some more details: >>> company homepage: >>> http://www.tilera.com/ >>> 64core processor: >>> http://www.tilera.com/products/processors/TILEPRO64 >>> 100core processor with hardware packet (pre)processing >>> http://www.tilera.com/products/processors/TILE-Gx_Family >>> sample architecture for network appliances: >>> http://www.tilera.com/solutions/networking/network_security_appliances >>> 512core system from QUANTA computer inc. (available Q4-10/Q1-11): >>> http://www.tilera.com/solutions/cloud_computing >>> development system from TILERA: >>> http://www.tilera.com/products/platforms/TILEmpower_platform >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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