64-core tile processor boasts 32-Tbit/s interconnect

摘要

Stemming from research sponsored by DARPA and the National Science Foundation, the TILE64 processor contains 64 programmable cores, each capable of running Linux, and is said to provide 10X the performance and 30X the performance-per-watt of the Intel dual-core Xeon processor. The chip uses a mesh network with a communications switch on each processor core, rather than a bus, creating an efficient two-dimensional traffic system for packets. It targets embed-ded networking and digital multimedia applications.