Title :
A 5.2GHz microprocessor chip for the IBM zEnterprise™ system
Author :
Warnock, J. ; Chan, Y. ; Huott, W. ; Carey, S. ; Fee, M. ; Wen, H. ; Saccamango, M.J. ; Malgioglio, F. ; Meaney, P. ; Plass, D. ; Chan, Y. -H ; Mayo, M. ; Mayer, G. ; Sigal, L. ; Rude, D. ; Averill, R. ; Wood, M. ; Strach, T. ; Smith, H. ; Curran, B. ; Sc
Author_Institution :
IBM Syst. & Technol. Group, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
The microprocessor chip for the IBM zEnterprise 196 (z196) system is a high frequency, high-performance design that adds support for out-of-order instruction execution and increases operating frequency by almost 20% compared to the previous 65nm design, while still fitting within the same power envelope. Despite the many difficult engineering hurdles to be overcome, the design team was able to achieve a product frequency of 5.2GHz, providing a significant per formance boost for the new system.
Keywords :
microprocessor chips; IBM zEnterprise system; design team; frequency 5.2 GHz; high performance design; microprocessor chip; operating frequency; product frequency; Arrays; Capacitance; Clocks; Noise; Program processors; Random access memory; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference Digest of Technical Papers (ISSCC), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-303-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.2011.5746223
