Alpha 21264: Microarchitecture and Performance35nm ChipNext Few Weeks6.893: Advanced VLSI Computer Architecture, September 14, 2000, Lecture 3, Slide 1. © Krste AsanovićKrste AsanovićComputer Architecture GroupMIT Laboratory for Computer [email protected]://www.cag.lcs.mit.edu/6.893-f2000/Alpha 21264: Microarchitecture and Performance6.893: Advanced VLSI Computer Architecture, September 14, 2000, Lecture 3, Slide 2. © Krste Asanović35nm ChipEach red square has edges one clock cycle longFiner grid is tiles with half-perimeter of one clock cycleAssumes 8 FO4 cycle, 30mm chip edge6.893: Advanced VLSI Computer Architecture, September 14, 2000, Lecture 3, Slide 3. © Krste AsanovićNext Few Weeks9/19 T Alpha 21264 case study part 2: VLSI Implementation gronowski:ijssc:1998 (Albert Ma),farrel:jssc:1998 (Mike Zhang) 9/21 R Limits of conventional microarchitecture scalingpalacharla:isca:1997(?),agarwal:isca:2000(?) 9/26 T Project proposalwritten proposal + class presentation9/28 R Low Power DesignLecture10/3 T Parallel Architecture
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