By: EduardoS (no.delete@this.spam.com), July 27, 2012 5:24 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
Peter Boyle (paboyle.delete@this.ph.ed.ac.uk) on July 27, 2012 7:57 am wrote:
> The reason
> BG/Q has bigger area/flop is because it has a huge
> cache.
The cache you talk about is 32MB eDRAM, right?
It isn't that big, other chips have a few MB SRAM wich should take about as much space, BG/Q looks really a case of reducing power by sacrifying area.
> The reason
> BG/Q has bigger area/flop is because it has a huge
> cache.
The cache you talk about is 32MB eDRAM, right?
It isn't that big, other chips have a few MB SRAM wich should take about as much space, BG/Q looks really a case of reducing power by sacrifying area.
