Author_Institution :
SoC, IBM, Hopewell Junction, VA, USA
Abstract :
The elephant in the data center is that the price/performance improvement driven by CMOS technology scaling has slowed. Manufacturing costs, power density, and thermal considerations are limiting the ability of developers to exploit the density and performance value of the next technology generation. IBM has partnered with more than 45 companies in the OpenPOWER™ Foundation to open up IBM POWER® systems and processors as a platform for innovation to overcome this problem. The OpenPOWER™ Foundation members are using the POWER8™ design, accelerators, and heterogenous computing to bring forth the next wave of performance scaling. This presentation will explore the motivation, strategy, and key technologies that are being brought to market by foundation members to meet this challenge.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; computer centres; integrated circuit design; microprocessor chips; network servers; CMOS technology scaling; IBM POWER systems; OpenPOWER ecosystem; OpenPOWERTM Foundation; POWER8TM design; data center; process accelerator; scale-out server architecture; Abstracts; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Program processors;
Conference_Titel :
System-on-Chip Conference (SOCC), 2014 27th IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
DOI :
10.1109/SOCC.2014.6948930
