VictoriaFalls: Scaling highly-threaded processor cores

This article consists of a collection of slides from the author´s conference presentation on VictoriaFalls, Sun Microsystems´ highly threaded processor cores. Some of the specific topics discussed include: the special features and processing capabilties of highly threaded processors; the system architecture and design of VictoriaFalls; scaling challenges and implementations; and performance scaling techniques and evaluations.