The ultrasparc t1 processor combines eight 4threaded 64b cores, a high bandwidth interconnect crossbar, a shared 3mb l2 cache and four doublewidth ddr2 dram interfaces. Subsequently we examine the latest implementation of the sparc architecture, suns ultrasparc t1. Opensparc t1 microarchitecture specification 1 no es posible. In early 2008, its successor, opensparc t2, was also released in opensource form. Running solaris 11 as a control domain on a t2000 oracle. On march 21, 2006, sun microsystems released the source code for its newest processor, the ultrasparc t1.
As of december 2005 sun announced their ultrasparc t1 design would be open sourced, and in march 2006 the full source code became available via the opensparc project. Among various implementations of sparc, suns supersparc and ultrasparc i were very popular, and were used as reference systems for spec cpu95 and cpu2000 benchmarks. If running multiple instances, move the logs for each instance onto separate disks as much. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read.
Virtual address space is divided into pages and these. I want to see if i can find any benchmarks that will help me compare the performance of sparc servers to x86 machines when running oracle database. Open source hardware university of california, san diego. The ultrasparc architecture 2007 is a complete specification of the instruction set architecture isa common to sun microsystems 64bit sparc implementations beginning with ultrasparc t1 in 2005. Gcc for sparc systems is available as a free download from it enables the gcc compiler to use the code generator from. Firstly a history and overview of the sparc architecture is given, focusing on some important features such as instruction set architecture and register windowing. The ultrasparc t1 chips will be used first in a line of sun fire servers that are expected to be available before the end of 2005. Testing of ultrasparc t1 microprocessor and its challenges. The ultrasparciii is the third generation of sun microsystems most powerful microprocessors, which are at the heart of suns computer systems. Sun ultrasparc t1 1 ghz processor sign in to comment. Ppt introduction to parallel processing powerpoint. The ultrasparc t1 processor improves throughput while using less power and dissipating less heat than conventional processor designs. The primary goal of ultrasparc t2 is to double the throughput and throughputwatt performance of its predecessor, the ultrasparc t1. The ultrasparc t1 processor combines eight fourthreaded 64b cores, a floatingpoint unit, a highbandwidth interconnect crossbar, a shared 3mb l2 cache, four ddr2 dram interfaces, and a system.
Sun microsystems ultrasparc t1 microprocessor, known until its 14 november 2005. Opensparc t1 is the open source version of the ultrasparc t1 processor. By releasing the rtl circuit design under the gpl license, the ultrasparc t1 was the first stateoftheart hardware to become open source. And theres also a number of testimonials from customers. While simple, this approach is area intensive and powerinefficient. Use a combination of tunable parameters and other parameters to tune your system for performance benchmarking. Note a change in virtual color when allocating a free page does not require a d. But most people want to run a bunch of codes, or multiple copies of the same code, or some multithreaded app. Ultrasparc an enhanced series of sparc chips introduced by sun in 1995. If we blandly assume that the xeon results would scale linearly, this suggests that it would take somewhat more than eight 3. Cadence smv free of use for research purposes is a. These systems, ranging from desktop workstations to large, missioncritical servers, require the highest performance that the ultrasparc line has to offer.
So, whats new in ultrasparc architecture 2005, versus the baseline standard for sparc architecture, the sparc architecture manual, version 9. Chapter 1, ultrasparc basics, describes the architecture in general terms and introduces its components. Ultrasparc chips are 64bit cpus that run all 32bit sparc applications. One method to double ultrasparc t1 s throughput would have been to simply double the ultrasparc t1 cores from 8 to 16. Discussed are the goals, methods and results of the ultrasparci emulation. Sparc enterprise t5120, t5220, t5140, and t5240 server. In march 2006, the complete design of sun microsystems ultrasparc t1 microprocessor was releasedin opensource form, it was named opensparc t1. Our new crystalgraphics chart and diagram slides for powerpoint is a collection of over impressively designed datadriven chart and editable diagram s guaranteed to impress any audience. The first niagara processor, ultrasparc t1, was launched in dec. Ultrasparc architecture 2007 complies with sparc v9 level 1, with many more details, plus includes numerous sun extensions common to all. Nov 14, 2005 sun microsystems ultrasparc t1 microprocessor, known until its 14 november 2005 announcement by its development codename niagara, is a multithreading, multicore cpu.
This guide provides installation, usage, and removal information for libvirt for ldoms 1. The first dual core ultrasparc came out in 2004, targeted at the midrange server market. A report for cs9244 on the ultrasparc t1 processor. As should be no surprise the area ive worked in is the cryptographic functionality of the hardware, my team worked very closely with the device driver team that implemented the ncp driver to ensure that the crypto framework was meeting all the needs of the ultrasparc t1 hardware. Performance on ultrasparc t1 sun netra t2000 hardware 3004 mar 12, 2008 4.
It had taped out, but was cancelled before it was introduced after the announcement of ultrasparc t1 niagara microprocessor in early 2004. The ultrasparc t1 niagara from sun microsystems is a new multithreaded processor that combines chip multiprocessing cmp and simultaneous multithreading smt with an efficient instruction. Sun microsystems ceo scott mcnealy talks about the role that the ultrasparc t1 plays in suns evolution into a systems vendor for customers of all sizes. Ultrasparc is example of risc reduced instruction set computer. Ultrasparc t1 supplement to the ultrasparc architecture 2005 draft d2. New hopes from suns idea factory page 2 cnet new hopes from suns idea factory page 2 cnet, oct 17, 2005. Ultrasparc t1 and t2 processor cryptographic provider. The ultrasparc t1 processor power efficient throughput.
Sun delivers first ultrasparc t2based servers it world. Introduction suns ultrasparc t1, formerly known as niagara, is much more than just a new ultrasparc. The first dual core ultrasparc came out in 2004, targeted at. These values are an example of how you can tune your system to achieve the desired result. Cmpcmt scaling of specjbb2005 on ultrasparc t1 dimitris kaseridis and lizy k. Beyond the ability of cmt to optimize throughput performance, this paper highlights the. Ultrasparc dictionary definition ultrasparc defined. Chart and diagram slides for powerpoint beautifully designed chart and diagram s for powerpoint with visually stunning graphics and animation effects.
I was doing research for a client that is trying to replace old sun ultrasparc solaris servers with new, cheaper and hopefully better performing, linux x86 machines. The new chip uses about 70 watts of power on average, significantly less than the 150 watts to 200 watts required by server chips from intel or ibm. Ultrasparc article about ultrasparc by the free dictionary. These systems range from 4 to 72 processor sockets 8 to 144 cores. Sun sparc enterprise t ultrasparc t1 1 ghz monitor. Rather than being used for highend numbercrunching and ultrahigh performance applications, the chip is targeted at networkfacing highdemand servers, such as hightraffic web servers, and midtier java, erp, and crm. The dac 2004 abstracts described the dualcore ultrasparc ii processor in session 40. You receive the following message after the first operation that cannot be performed dynamically on any device or for any service on the primary domain if you are using a server with a sun ultrasparc t2 or t2 plus processor. It was introduced in 2001 and operates at 600 to 900 mhz. Ultrasparctm i emulation james gateley, miriam blatt, dennis chen, scott cooke, piyush desai, manjunath. The ultrasparc iii, codenamed cheetah, is a microprocessor that implements the sparc v9 instruction set architecture isa developed by sun microsystems and fabricated by texas instruments. Welcome to the ultrasparc t1 processor supplement, d2.
This document is not warranted to be errorfree, nor subject to any other. If you are using t1 server with logical domains for production, then solaris 10 is the supportable option. These were the first and still only 64bit microprocessors ever open. Media in category ultrasparc the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Its a breakthrough discovery for reducing data center energy consumption, while dramatically increasing throughput. Make offer x7310a 5016745 sun microsystems ultrasparc iii cu 1. Sun sparc enterprise t5220 rackmountable ultrasparc t2 1. If you want to run solaris 11 on the t2000, just run it in one of the guest domains that works fine. The ultrasparc t1 processor is based on chip multithreading cmt technology that is optimized for highly threaded transactional processing. It consisted of two ultrasparc ii cores and an ondie l2 cache on a single chip. Two consecutive bytes form a halfword, four bytes form a word, eight bytes form a doubleword.
Sun sparc enterprise t rackmountable ultrasparc t1 1 ghz 4 gb 250 gb overview and full product specs on cnet. This document contains information about the processorspecific aspects of the architecture and programming of the ultrasparc t1 processor, one of sun microsystems family processors compliant with ultrasparc architecture. Section i, introducing ultrasparc,presents an overview of the ultrasparc architecture. These were the first and still only 64bit microprocessors ever opensourced. Write access logs on faster disks or attached storage. The best part is the second page where they talk about ilp, pipelining, and scalability up to. The t1 is a newfromthegroundup sparc microprocessor implementation that conforms to the ultrasparc architecture 2005 specification and executes the full sparc v9 instruction set. The ultrasparc t1 processor with coolthreads technology is the highestthroughput and most ecoresponsible processor ever created. I also tested on a v240 2 ultrasparc iii cpu at 1 ghz. Beyond the obvious formatting differences, the ultrasparc architecture specification is more complete and more precise than sparc v9. Products bearing sparc trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by sun microsystems, inc. An enhanced series of sparc chips introduced by sun in 1995.
The ultrasparc t1 microprocessor is unique in its strength and weaknesses, and as such is targeted at specific markets. Pdf the next generation ultrasparci cpu represents a significant step forward in processor performance at the cost. Ultrasparc iii network server processors for sale in. Opensparc overview in march 2006, the complete design of sun microsystems ultrasparc t1 microprocessor was releasedin opensource form, it was named opensparc t1. The ultrasparc t1 is available with four, six or eight cores. Tuning ultrasparc t1based systems for performance benchmarking. Arguably, this made the ultrasparc t1 the worlds most powerful generalpurpose commercial server processors, when considering multithreaded commercial workloads. The ultrasparciii design extends suns sparc version 9 architecture, a 64bit extension to the original 32bit sparc architecture that traces its roots to the berkeley risci processor. Jul 31, 2008 but most people want to run a bunch of codes, or multiple copies of the same code, or some multithreaded app. Sun has also built in more capability to support databases in the t2 processor, bozman said. L1 instruction cache 16 kb, 4way, 32byte line, pseudo random replacement. Everybody that really use this cpu knows that in real world this is completly wrong. In march 2006, sun microsystems made the code for the entire ultrasparc t1 pro cessor available under version 2.
Subsequently we examine the latest implementation of the sparc architecture, suns ultra sparc t1. Delivering up to five times the throughput in a quarter of the space and power, these systems even garnered the first ever rebate from a power utility1 a trend that is. In march 2006, sun microsystems released verilog code for the ultrasparc t1, a 64bit, multicore, multithreaded microprocessor, under the gnu gpl, and so began the opensparc project7. Ultrasparciii upa64 ultrasparc 3 ultrasparc sun ultrasparc ultrasparc iii text. Amd opteron from the expert community at experts exchange. Pentium ee us t1 bandwidth comparison feature pentium extreme edition ultrasparc t1 clock speed 3. The ultrasparc t1 processor with coolthreads technology was the highestthroughput and most ecoresponsible processor ever created when it became available in the ultrasparc t1 system. If you were to test the performance of an ultrasparc t2 against that of the traditional dual xeon by running a single gzip or tar on a large, nfs mounted. Designed to lower the energy consumption of server computers, the cpu typically uses 72 w of power at 1. The final ultrasparc t2 and ultrasparc t2 plus processor designs recognize that. Ultrasparc t1 processor with innovative multicore multithread technology won enthusiastic praise, and generated the fastest product ramp in server history. Servers using the ultrasparc iv were released in september 2004.
Opensparc t1 is the open source version of the ultrasparc t1 processor, a multicore, 64bit multiprocessor. Ultrasparc programs operates on virtual address space 2 64 bytes. Hyperprivileged, privileged, and nonprivileged distribution. Sun microsystems ultrasparc t1 microprocessor, known until its 14 november 2005 announcement by its development codename niagara, is a multithreading, multicore cpu. Abstract the next generation ultrasparci cpu represents. Ultrasparc t3 benchmarks, ultrasparc t3 performance data from and the phoronix test suite. Sun releases t1 source code wikinews, the free news source.
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