Many-Core Fabricated Chips Information Page

This page contains a comprehensive listing of key attributes of fabricated programmable many-core chips, such as the number of cores, clock rate, power, and chip area.

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Year Processor Number Clock Rate CMOS Die Size Die Size Voltage Chip Single Energy Organization Reference of (GHz) Tech (mm^2) Scaled (V) Power Processor Cores (nm) * to (W) Power 22nm (mW) (mm^2) † 331.24 1562.5 mW 2002 RAW 16 0.425 180 3.975 - 25 W - MIT [1] (16) # 2005 Cell 9 4.0 90 221 ? 17.76 ? 1 - - - Sony,Toshiba,IBM [2] 0.0875 Intelesys 2006 SEAforth24 24 1.0 180 7.29 ? - 0.15 W 6.25 mW # - [3] ? Corporation 2.4 mW 93.0 pJ/Op = @0.9V, 0.093 mW/MHz 116MHz 2006 AsAP 1 36 0.60 180 32.1 0.3852 2 - 300 pJ/Op = 0.3 UC Davis [4] 32 mW mW/MHz @1.8V, @1.8V 475MHz 2006 PC202/203/205 248 0.16 ------picoChip [5] [6] 10500.0 84.0 W mW 2007 SPARC T2 8 1.4 65 342 51.3 1.1 - Sun Microsystems [7] @1.4GHz @1.4GHz # 10.8 W 168.75 mW 2007 Tilera TILE64 64 0.75 90 - - - @1V, @1V, - Tilera Corporation [8] 750MHz 750MHz # 15.6 W 195.0 mW @670mV @670mV 97 W 1212.5 mW 275.0 @1.07V, @1.07V, 97 pJ/fl 2007 Polaris(TeraFLOPS) 80 5.67 65 41.25 1.35 Intel Tera-Scale [9] [10] (3) 4.27GHz 4.27GHz operation 230 W 2875 mW @1.35V, @1.35V, 5.67GHz 5.67GHz 15000 mW 2008 Xeon E7450 6 2.4 45 503 115.69 0.9-1.45 90 W - Intel [11] # 21666.7 2008 Xeon X7460 6 2.66 45 503 115.69 0.9-1.45 130 W - Intel [11] mW # <16000 2008 FireStream 9270 10 ? 0.75 55 - - - <160 W - AMD [12] mW # 1171.88 150.0 W 2008 GeForce 8800 Ultra 16 1.5 90 470 37.6 1.3 mW - Nvidia [13] @1.3V @1.3V # GeForce 9800 17625 mW 217.6 pJ/fl 2008 16 0.783 55 260? 49.4 ? - 141 W Nvidia [14] GTX+ # operation ? Intelesys 2008 SEAforth 40C18 40 0.7 - - (0.13) - - 0.15 W 3.75 mW # - [15] [16] Corporation 0.608 mW @0.675V, 66MHz 3.4 mW 5.9 pJ/Op @0.75V, [email protected], 39.44 260MHz 1GHz 2008 AsAP 2 167 1.2 65 5.916 1.3 - UC Davis [17] (0.1684) 47 mW 32 pJ/Op = @1.2V, 0.032mW/MHz, 1.06GHz 100%active 62 mW @1.3V, 1.2GHz 29.76 mW 10.0 W 10.0 2008 Ambric Am2045 336 0.3 130 - - 1.2 ? @300MHz Ambric, Inc [18] [19] @300MHz pJ/op@300MHz # 194.6 pJ/fl 2009 GeForce G210M 2 1.5 40 ? - - - 14 W ? - Nvidia [20] operation ? 3750.0 mW Freescale 2009 QorIQ P4080 8 1.5 45 - - - - @1.5GHz - [21] Semiconductor # 2009 Octeon II CN68XX 32 1.6 65 - - 1 40-65 W 1280.0 mW - Cavium [22] @1.6GHz 21667 mW 2010 Core i7-980X 6 3.33 32 239 117.11 0.8-1.375 130 W - Intel [11] # Phenom II X6 20833 mW 2010 6 3.2 45? - - 1.0-1.475 ? 125 W ? - AMD [23] 1090T # ? 2010 Power 7 8 4.25 ? 45 567 130.41 - - - - IBM [24] 157.32 0.675-1.35 16250 mW 2010 Xeon X7560 8 2.266 45 684 ? 130 W - Intel [11] ? ? # 2010 Opteron 6176 SE 12 2.3 45 346 79.58 - 105 W 8750 mW # - AMD [25] 377.0 2010 SPARC T3 16 2.0 40 124.41 - 120 W 7500 mW # - Sun Microsystems [26] [27] (6.5) NetLogic 2010 NetLogic XLP 32 2.0 40 ------[28] Microsystems 520.8 mW 25.0 W @125MHz, 1.14 IA-32 Message- (dvfs) 0.7V # 2010 48 1.0 45 567.1 130.4 (typical) - Intel [29] Passing Processor 125.0 W 2604 mW 0.7 (dvfs) (typical) @1Ghz, 1.14V # 21667 mW 2011 Core i7-990X 6 3.46 32 239 117.11 0.8-1.375 130 W - Intel [11] # 2011 FX-8 8 - 32 - - 1.2-1.35 - - - AMD [30] 403.0 <30000 2011 SPARC T4 8 3.0 40 132.99 1 <240 W - Sun Microsystems [31] [32] (15.4) mW # 1000 mW # Linköping 2011 ePUMA ‡ 4 ? - 65 23 3.45 - 4 W ? - [33] [34] ? University 251.37 13000 mW 2011 Xeon E7-8870 10 2.4 32 513? 0.65-1.35? 130 W - Intel [11] ? # 2011 Operon 6282 SE 16 2.6 32 316 154.84 - - - - AMD [35] 62.5 mW 2011 3D-Maps 64 0.277 130 25 0.875 1.5 4 W @1.5V, - Georgia Tech, Lee [36] [37] 277 MHz 15833 mW 2012 Xeon E5-4607 6 2.2 32 - - 0.6-1.35 95 W - Intel [11] # GeForce GTX 680 24375 mW 2012 8 1.006 28 294 204.04 - 195 W - Nvidia [38] (Kepler) # 21250 mW 2012 Itanium 9560 8 2.53 32 - - - 170 W - Intel [11] # 277.83 2012 Power 7+ 8 4.4 ? 32 567 ? 3.0-5.0 ? - - - IBM [39] ? 45.0 16-Core Processor 34.0 mW 9.1 pJ/operation = 2012 with 16 0.8 65 1.365 1.2 - @1.2V, Fudan University [40] (0.43) 0.045 mW/MHz Message-Passing 750 MHz @1.2V 62.5 2012 Epiphany-III 16 0.6 65 8.96 1.344 - 0.9-2 W 125 mW Adapteva [41] pJ/operation 2012 Opteron 6386 SE 16 2.8 32 315 154.35 - 140 W 8750 mW # - AMD [42] 2012 Xeon Phi 5110P 60 1.053 22 - - - 225 W 3750 mW # - Intel [11] 19.54 pJ/fl 2012 Epiphany-IV 64 0.8 28 8.2 5.692 - 1.4-1.2 W 31.25 mW Adapteva [43] operation 52.08 mW 2012 Kalray MPPA-256 288 ** 0.4 28 - - - 15 W - Kalray [44] # 2013 Xeon E5-2618L v2 6 2.0 22 - - 0.65-1.3 50 W 8333 mW # - Intel [11] 2013 Xeon E5-2628L v2 8 1.9 22 - - 0.65-1.3 70 W 8750 mW # - Intel [11] 2013 Power 8 12 5.0 22 649 649 1.1? - - - IBM [45] Freescale 2013 QorIQ T4240 12 1.8 28? - - 1.8 - - - [46] Semiconductor 2013 Kepler GK110 15 - 28 ------Nvidia [47] 478.0 2013 SPARC T5 16 3.6 28 331.732 - - - - Sun Microsystems [48] [49] (15.4) 2013 Radeon R9 290X 44 1.0 28 ------AMD [50] 5263.16 299.1 pJ/fl 2013 Xeon Phi 3120A 57 1.1 22 - - - 300 W Intel [51] [52] mW # operation 4083.33 242.34 pJ/fl 2013 Xeon Phi 5120D 60 1.053 22 - - - 245 W Intel [52] mW # operation 902.78 mW EZchip (prev. 2013 Tilera TILE-Gx72 72 1.2 40 - - - 65 W - [53] # Tilera) 2014 Xeon E5-2430 v2 6 2.5 22 - - 0.65-1.3 80 W 13333 mW - Intel [11] # 17500 mW 2014 Core i7-5960X 8 3.0 22 - - - 140 W - Intel [11] # SmartReflex 2014 TMS320C6678 8 1.4 40 - - - - - Texas Instruments [54] variable 10333.33 2014 Xeon E7-8895 v2 15 2.8 22 - - - 155 W - Intel [11] mW # GeForce GTX 980 10312.5 2014 16 1.126 28 398 276.21 - 165 W - Nvidia [38] (Maxwell) mW # 6187.5 mW 2014 Opteron 6370P 16 2.0 32 316 154.84 - 99 W - AMD [42] # 2014 ThunderX 24-48 2.5 28 ------Cavium [55] 4918.03 248.35 pJ/fl 2014 Xeon Phi 7120X 61 1.238 22 - - - 300 W Intel [52] mW # operation 2015 Xeon E5-2418L v3 6 2.0 22 - - 0.65-1.3 50 W 8333 mW # - Intel [11] 14375 mW 2015 Xeon E7-4809 v3 8 2.0 22 - - - 115 W - Intel [11] # 2015 Carrizo x86 APU 12 - 28 250.04 173.53 - - - - AMD [56] 2015 Xeon E7-4830 v3 12 2.1 22 - - - 115 W 9583 mW # - Intel [11] 2015 Xeon E7-4850 v3 14 2.2 22 - - - 115 W 8214 mW # - Intel [11] 2015 Xeon E7-8860 v3 16 2.2 22 - - - 140 W 8750 mW # - Intel [11] 2015 Xeon E7-8880 v3 18 2.3 22 - - - 150 W 8333 mW # - Intel [11] 2015 Radeon R9 Nano 64 1.0 28 - - - 175 W 2734 mW # - AMD [50] [57] 2015 Mobileye EyeQ4 14 - 28 - - - 3 W - - Mobileye [59] Heterogeneous 16nm 2016 9 2.0 111.36 - - - - - Renesas [60] Nona-Core SoC FinFET Tri-Cluster CPU 2016 10 2.5 20 100 - - - - - MediaTek [61] Subsystem Homogeneous CEA-LETI- 2016 Scalable 3D 32 1.0 65 72.2 10.83 1.2 0.0557 W 1.741 mW# - [62] MINATEC Network-on-Chip KNUPATH 2016 256 - - - - - 34 W 132.8 mW# - Knupath [63] Hermosa Processors 0.67 mW 5.8 pJ/Op 1.782 64.0 13.1 W 2016 KiloCore 1000 32 31.36 1.1 @0.56V, @0.56V, UC Davis [64] [email protected] (0.055) @0.84V 115MHz 115MHz Year Processor Number Clock Rate CMOS Die Size Die Size Voltage Chip Single Energy Organization Reference of (GHz) Tech (mm^2) Scaled (V) Power Processor Cores (nm) * to (W) Power 22nm (mW) (mm^2) †

Notes:

*: The value inside the parenthesis is single core area.

†: The die size is scaled to 22nm CMOS Technology using table ***.

‡: Each core consists of 8 SIMD processors and one Master processor.

#: The single processor power is calculated from dividing total power by number of cores.

**: 256 user cores and 32 system cores.

Table ***: Scale Factors for Scaling Die Size to 22nm CMOS Technology

CMOS Tech (nm) 180 150 130 120 90 65 55 45 40 32 28 22 Scale Factor 0.012 0.026 § 0.035 0.046 § 0.08 0.15 0.19 § 0.23 0.33 § 0.49 0.694 § 1

Notes:

The data of this table come from Table VII of [58], these scale factors are formed by using Geometric Means of Three Aspects: Minimum Feature Size, Metal I half pitch, (4T) Logic Gate Size.

The scale factor that followed with a '§' means it is derived from original data by linear interpolation.

The CMOS technology that is larger than 180 nm, such as 250 nm, 600 nm, is deﬁned not scalable in this context, since the linear interpolation will lead to negative scale factor. References

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