Movidis: 16 MIPS64 Cores (OCTEON CN3860) Server

[06/10/24]
"Cavium Networks Introduces New OCTEON™ Plus Multi-core MIPS64® Processors with World’s Highest Networking, Wireless and Security Performance
　4-core to 16-core, Gigahertz OCTEON™ Plus CN58XX Processors Double Performance and Extend Cavium’s Lead in Performance per Watt", October 9, 2006
　http://www.cavium.com/newsevents_caviumnetworks_OCTEON-CN58XX.html
　"The 1 Gigahertz OCTEON Plus family doubles the performance of the market leading OCTEON CN38XX
　 through higher frequency and architectural enhancements, and adds key new features, while maintaining
　 full software and pin compatibility. OCTEON Plus processors also include innovative power management
　 techniques that deliver up to 2X higher performance in the same power budget to set new performance
　 per watt records."
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[06/08/21]
Ando's Processor Information Page
最近の話題 2006年8月12日
　http://www.geocities.jp/andosprocinfo/wadai06/20060812.htm
　５．Movidis社がMIPS 16コアサーバを発表
　で紹介された、
　　(元ネタは："Linux powers unusual multicore machine", CNET News.com, August 11, 2006
　　　http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6104832.html )
Cavium Networks OCTEON CN3860(16個の MIPS64 Core等を集積した 1SoC Processors) を採用した、
Movidis, Inc.の Revolution x16 Serverが、2006年 8月 15日 (Linux World Expo) で正式発表されました
(それまで Movidisの Webページは表紙だけでした)：

Movidis, Inc.
　http://www.movidis.com/index.asp
　"Movidis Unveils High Performance x16 Server For The Enterprise
　　Multi-purpose Revolution x16 Server provides unmatched performance, security and power-efficiency for
　　networked storage, secure Web transactions, databases and more", August 15, 2006
　　　http://www.movidis.com/news/pr_081506rev.asp
　　　"The Revolution is available now and starts at $2,995."
　"Movidis Introduces x16 Network Application Platform
　　New NAP enables high performance networking applications providing OEMs with unequalled performance
　　in a cost-effective, power-stingy design", August 15, 2006
　　　http://www.movidis.com/news/pr_081506nap.asp
　　　"The NAP is available now and will be available in OEM quantities starting below $2,000"

Movidis x16 Network Application Platform (NAP)：ボード
　http://www.movidis.com/products/nap.asp
The Revolution x16 Server
　http://www.movidis.com/products/rev.asp
Specifications
　Processor: Cavium Networks OCTEON CN3860, 16-core, MIPS64, 500 or 600 MHz (後述)
　DRAM: four 240-pin sockets for DDR2 SDRAM Registered ECC Modules. Each socket can support 512M, 1GB, or 2GB modules.
　Flash Memory: 2 Mbytes of boot flash, 128 Mbytes of NAND flash
　Network Interfaces: 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet (1U: 4Ports, 2U 8Ports)
　PCI-X Expansion Slot: 64 bit, 133 MHz/ Console Interface: RS-232/ Other Interfaces: USB1.1
　Disk Drives: Up to four SATA-II or SAS drives in 1U system, or eight drives in 2U system.
　　写真では、トレイらしきもの上に載っていて、2U, 3Uサイズにも感じます。
　RAID Support: RAID 0 or 1 in hardware, RAID 5 or 10 in software
　Power consumption: less than 60 watts, without disk drives, 90-240VAC, 50/60 Hz/ 2Uタイプは電源二重化対応
　Operating System: Linux 2.6.13.5 (stored in NAND flash)
　　Complete GNU tool chain
　　Optimized IPsec, SSL, TCP software stacks available from Cavium
　　MySQL/PHP/Perl/Python/PostgresSQL等 (Apache-SSL: 11/06)
Our Revolutionary Solutions
　Networked Storage, Video On Demand Server (これらは面白そう。rsyncは CPUパワーを喰いますからね)
　Secure Web Server/ Database Server & Software/ OEM Network Appliances

Benefits for Small & Medium-Sized Business (で気になった部分)
　"Performance that was once available only to large enterprise is now attainable for the SMB market,
　 yet in an easy-to-manage, Ethernet-only (no FC, no SAN, no iSCSI) network."
　NFSだけのサポート？、MIPS Linuxでは iSCSIは対応していないのでしょうか
(そもそも、Linuxでの正式な iSCSIサポートってあったけ？)


プロセッサ：
OCTEON™ CN38XX/CN36XX Multi-Core MIPS64 Based SoC Processors
　http://www.cavium.com/OCTEON_CN38XX_CN36XX.html
　"Cavium Networks OCTEON™ Processors Power Linux Servers for Enterprise , Storage and Network Applications", August 15, 2006
　　http://www.cavium.com/newsevents_CaviumNetworks_Movidis.html

ネットワーク用ということで I/O回りは強そうで、暗号処理にも対応しますが、詳細は：
"Cavium MIPSes Network and Security Processing", David Kanter, Real World Technologies, 06-12-2006
　http://www.realworldtech.com/page.cfm?ArticleID=RWT061206011113
を参照して下さい (さすが、Real World Technologiesです)。一応 (本家 slashdotでは無さそうです)
"Linux Powers Unusual 16-Core Processor", OSNews.com, 2006-08-14
　http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=15484


Niagara2: A Highly-Threaded Server-on-A-Chip, Sun, Authors(s): Greg Grohoski
HOT CHIPS 18: Session Nine: Microprocessors II, August 22, 2006 も忘れずに：
　Z-RAM, Niagara2, Tulsa at HOT CHIPS 18, Aug. 2006, 2006-08-19


[06/08/22]
「CN3860に K42を移植したら面白そう・・・」