TILE-Gx

TILE-Gx

TILE-Gx

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TILE-Gx was a VLIW ISA multicore processor family designed by Tilera. It consisted of a mesh network[7] that was expected to scale up to 100 cores,[8] but only 72-core variants actually shipped.[9]

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After a few acquisitions, Tilera's designs ended up in the hands of Nvidia, which ended production of TILE-Gx processors in 2022.[1] In June 2018, the Linux kernel dropped support for this architecture.[10] Tile-Gx processors were used in MikroTik's CCR1000 series routers, and MikroTik continues to support this architecture out-of-tree in its RouterOS Linux distribution.

Product lineup

Common features of TILE-Gx processors:

  • 64-bit VLIW RISC core (3-issue)
  • 4 MAC/cycle with SIMD extensions
  • L1 cache: 64 KB (32 KB data + 32 KB instruction) per core.
  • L2 cache: 256 KB per core.
  • L3 cache: Other core's L2 cache connected via mesh network.
  • 1, 2, or 4 ECC 72-bit DDR3 controllers.
  • Up to 24 PCIe 2.0 lanes.
  • Optional built-in crypto accelerator with 40 Gbit/s encryption (small packet) and 20 Gbit/s full-duplex compression, true random number generator, RSA accelerator.
  • Fabrication process: TSMC 40nm.
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See also

References

  • "Tilera Corporation Joins China's Wireless TD Forum as a Senior Member" (Press release). Tilera. 26 October 2009. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  1. [1]
    "END OF LIFE NOTIFICATION" (PDF). Nvidia. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Tilera preps many-cored Gx chips for March launch". 30 January 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  3. [3]
    "TILE-Gx8009 datasheet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-01.
  4. [4]
    "TILE-Gx8016 datasheet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-26.
  5. [5]
    "TILE-Gx8036 datasheet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-22.
  6. [6]
    "TILE-Gx8072 datasheet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-16.
  7. [7]
    "TILE-Gx architecture shema". Archived from the original (JPG) on 2013-03-22.
  8. [8]
    "MIT's 100-core CPU Will Be Ready This Year". 24 January 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  9. [9]
    "Tilera announces 72-core Tile-Gx chip". 19 February 2013. Archived from the original on July 2, 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. [10]
    "Linux 4.17 Spring Cleaning To Drop Some Old CPU Architectures". 17 March 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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