FACTOID # 165: Bolivia has 4,500 Navy personnel - which seems like quite a lot for a landlocked country.
 
 Home   Encyclopedia   Statistics   Countries A-Z   Flags   Maps   Education   Forum   FAQ   About 
 
WHAT'S NEW
RECENT ARTICLES
More Recent Articles »
 

FACTS & STATISTICS    Simple view

  1. Select countries to view: (hold down Control key and click to select several)

     

     

    Compare:

     

     
  1. Select fact or statistic: (* = graphable)

     

     

     

  2. (OPTIONAL) Compare to statistic: (both need to be graphable)

     

     

     

  3. View result as:

     

       
(OR) SEARCH ALL encyclopedia, stats & forums:   

Encyclopedia > Xenon (processor)
Not to be confused with the Intel Xeon.
Power Architecture

CPU architecture This article is about the Intel microprocessor. ... The Power Architecture logo Power Architecture is a broad term to describe similar instruction sets for RISC microprocessors developed and manufactured by such companies as IBM, Freescale, AMCC, Tundra and P.A. Semi. ... To a large extent, the design of a CPU, or central processing unit, is the design of its control unit. ...

This box: view • talk • edit
Historical

POWER • PPC6xx • PowerPC-AS • POWER2 • POWER3 • G4 • POWER4 • AIM alliance POWER is a RISC instruction set architecture designed by IBM. The name is a acronym for Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC. POWER is also the name of a series of microprocessors that implements the instruction set architecture. ... The PowerPC 601 prototype reached first silicon in October 1992 The PowerPC 600 family was the first family of PowerPC processors built. ... The IBM RS64 family of processors is used in the RS/6000 and AS/400 server product lines. ... Released in September 1993 and in use until 1998: 15 million transistors per chip The POWER2 added a second floating-point unit (FPU) and more cache. ... Released in 1998: 15 million transistors per chip The first 64-bit symmetric multiprocessor (SMP), POWER3 is completely compatible with the original POWER instruction set -- and compatible with the PowerPC instruction set as well. ... PowerPC G4 is a designation used by Apple Computer to describe a fourth generation of PowerPC microprocessors. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... AIM was an alliance formed in 1991 between Apple Computer, IBM and Motorola to create a new computing standard based on the PowerPC architecture. ...

Current

PowerPC • e200 • e300 • e500 • e600 • PA6T • POWER5 • POWER6 • PPC4xx • PPC750 • PPC970 • CBEA • Xenon • Broadway PowerPC is a RISC microprocessor architecture created by the 1991 Apple–IBM–Motorola alliance, known as AIM. Originally intended for personal computers, PowerPC CPUs have since become popular embedded and high-performance processors as well. ... The PowerPC e200 is a family of 32-bit Power Architecture microprocessor cores developed by Freescale for primary use in automotive and industrial control systems. ... The PowerPC e300 is a family of 32-bit Power Architecture microprocessor cores developed by Freescale for primary use in system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs with speed ranging up to 667 MHz, thus making them ideal for embedded applications. ... The PowerPC e500 is a 32-bit Power Architecture based microprocessor core from Freescale. ... The PowerPC e600 is a family of 32-bit Power Architecture microprocessor cores developed by Freescale for primary use in high performance system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs with speed ranging over 2 GHz, thus making them ideal for high performace routing and telecommunications applications. ... PWRficient is the name of a series of microprocessors designed by P.A. Semi. ... POWER5 dual-MCM POWER5 quad-MCM POWER5 is a microprocessor developed by IBM. It is an improved variant of the highly successful POWER4. ... The POWER6 microprocessor is IBMs follow on to the POWER5. ... The PowerPC 400 family is a line of 32-bit embedded RISC-processor cores built using Power Architecture technology. ... 300 MHz Motorola PowerPC 750 processor with off-die L2 cache on the CPU module of a PowerMac G3. ... PowerPC 970FX Processor In computing, the PowerPC 970, PowerPC 970FX, PowerPC 970GX, and PowerPC 970MP, are 64-bit processors in the PowerPC family from IBM. The PowerPC 970 was introduced in 2002. ... Layout of the IBM Cell die Cell is a microprocessor architecture jointly developed by a Sony, Toshiba, and IBM, an alliance known as STI. The architectural design and first implementation were carried out at the STI Design Center over a four-year period beginning March 2001 on a budget reported... IBM Broadway microprocessor Broadway is the name of the Central Processing Unit (CPU) in Nintendos Wii video game console. ...

Future

POWER7 • e700 • Titan POWER7 is a microprocessor currently under development at IBM Research as of April 2005. ... PowerPC G4 is a designation used by Apple Computer to describe a fourth generation of PowerPC microprocessors. ... Titan is a family 32-bit Power Architecture based microprocessors designed by AMCC. It is designed to be the foundation of embedded processors and system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions. ...

Related Links

RISC • System p • Power.org • PAPR • PReP • CHRP • more... Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC), is a microprocessor CPU design philosophy that favors a smaller and simpler set of instructions that all take about the same amount of time to execute. ... IBM logo The RS/6000 (for RISC System/6000), now System p5, is IBMs current RISC/UNIX-based server and workstation product line. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Power Architecture Platform Reference (PAPR) is an initiative from Power. ... PowerPC Reference Platform (PReP) was a PowerPC hardware reference design. ... Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP) was an early PowerPC hardware reference design. ...

Waternoose processor (with remaining thermal paste)

Xenon is a CPU that is used in the Xbox 360 game console. The processor, internally codenamed "Waternoose" by IBM[1] and "XCPU" by Microsoft is based on IBM's PowerPC technology, consisting of 3 independent cores on a single chip. Each of the cores has two symmetric hardware threads (SMT), for a total of six hardware threads available to games. Each individual core also includes 32 KiB of L1 instruction cache and 32 KiB of L1 data cache. Image File history File links IBMxenon. ... Image File history File links IBMxenon. ... Silicone thermal compound Metal (silver) thermal compound Metal thermal grease applied to a chip Surface imperfections Thermal grease (also called thermal compound, thermal paste, or heat sink compound) is a substance that increases thermal conductivity between the surfaces of two or more objects. ... CPU can stand for: in computing: Central processing unit in journalism: Commonwealth Press Union in law enforcement: Crime prevention unit in software: Critical patch update, a type of software patch distributed by Oracle Corporation in Macleans College is often known as Ash Lim. ... It has been suggested that Xbox 360 Elite be merged into this article or section. ... For other uses, see IBM (disambiguation) and Big Blue. ... PowerPC is a RISC microprocessor architecture created by the 1991 Apple–IBM–Motorola alliance, known as AIM. Originally intended for personal computers, PowerPC CPUs have since become popular embedded and high-performance processors as well. ... Diagram of an Intel Core 2 dual core processor, with CPU-local Level 1 caches, and a shared, on-die Level 2 cache. ... According to the International Electrotechnical Commission a kibibyte (a contraction of kilo binary byte) is a unit of information or computer storage. ... Diagram of a CPU memory cache A CPU cache is a cache used by the central processing unit of a computer to reduce the average time to access memory. ...


The processors are labelled "XCPU" on the packaging and are manufactured by Chartered. Chartered will reduce the fabrication process in 2007 to 65 nm, thus reducing manufacturing costs for Microsoft. Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (SGX: C27) (NASDAQ: CHRT) (abbreviated CSM) is the worlds third largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry, with its headquarters and main operations located in Singapore. ... The 65 nanometer (65 nm) process is the next milestone as of 2005 in semiconductor manufacturing and fabrication. ...


The name "Xenon" was repurposed from the code name for the Xbox 360 in early development.


Specifications

[citation needed]

The 90 nm node refers to the level of semiconductor process technology that was reached in the 2002-2003 timeframe, by most leading semiconductor companies, like Intel, Texas Instruments, IBM, and TSMC. The origin of the 90 nm value is historical, as it represents a 70% scaling every 2-3... The 65 nanometer (65 nm) process is (as of 2006) the most advanced lithographic node for volume semiconductor manufacturing, however it will soon be eclipsed when 45 nanometer lithography becomes commercially viable. ... For other uses, see Transistor (disambiguation). ... The 45 nanometer (45 nm) process is the next milestone (to be commercially viable in mid 2007 to early 2008) in CMOS fabrication. ... Simultaneous multithreading, often abbreviated as SMT, is a technique for improving the overall efficiency of superscalar CPUs. ... This article is about the SI unit of frequency. ... -1... AltiVec is a floating point and integer SIMD instruction set designed and owned by Apple Computer, IBM and Motorola (the AIM alliance), and implemented on versions of the PowerPC including Motorolas G4 and IBMs G5 processors. ... A register file is an array of processor registers in a central processing unit (CPU). ... A mebibyte (a contraction of mega binary byte) is a unit of information or computer storage, abbreviated MiB. 1 MiB = 220 bytes = 1,048,576 bytes = 1,024 kibibytes 1 MiB = 1024 (= 210) kibibytes (KiB), and 1024 MiB equal one gibibyte (GiB). ... In computers, the front side bus (FSB) or system bus is the physical bi-directional data bus that carries all electronic signal information between the central processing unit (CPU) and the northbridge. ... In mathematics, the dot product, also known as the scalar product, is a binary operation which takes two vectors over the real numbers R and returns a real-valued scalar quantity. ... In computing, FLOPS (or flops) is an acronym meaning FLoating point Operations Per Second. ... In computer engineering, out-of-order execution, OoOE, is a paradigm used in most high-performance microprocessors in order to make use of cycles that would otherwise be wasted by a certain type of costly delay. ... Read-only memory (usually known by its acronym, ROM) is a class of storage media used in computers and other electronic devices. ... In computing, endianness is the byte (and sometimes bit) ordering in memory used to represent some kind of data. ...

References

  1. ^ "Learning from failure - The inside story on how IBM out-foxed Intel with the Xbox 360", Dean Takahashi, Electronic Business, May 1, 2006
  2. ^ a b c d e f Jeffrey Brown (2005-12-06). Application-customized CPU design: The Microsoft Xbox 360 CPU story. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
  • Xenon hardware overview by Pete Isensee, Development Lead, Xbox Advanced Technology Group, written some time before 23 June 2004

is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

  • Ars Technica explains the Xenon CPU
 v • d • e Microsoft
Desktop software: Windows (Windows components) • Office • Dynamics • Visual Studio • Money • Encarta • Student • Expression • Works
Server software: Windows Server • SQL Server • IIS • Exchange • BizTalk • Commerce • ISA Server • Systems Management
Technology: Active Directory • DirectX • .NET • Windows Media • PlaysForSure
Web properties: Windows Live • Office Live • MSNBC • msnbc.com • ninemsn • MSN • Hotmail • Live Messenger • Spaces • Groups • Live ID • Ignition • CodePlex
Gaming: Microsoft Game Studios • Zone • XNA • Xbox • Xbox 360 • Xbox Live (Arcade • Marketplace) • Games for Windows (Live • Tray and Play) • Live Anywhere
Hardware: Surface • Zune • MSN TV • Natural Keyboard • Keyboard • Mouse • LifeCam • LifeChat • SideWinder • Ultra-Mobile PC • Fingerprint • Audio System • Cordless Phone • Pocket PC
Education and recognition: MCPs • MSDN • MSDNAA • MSCA • Microsoft Press • Microsoft MVP • Microsoft Student Partners
Board of directors: Ballmer • Cash • Dublon • Gates • Gilmartin • Hastings • Marquardt • Noski • Panke • Shirley


 

COMMENTARY     


Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Your name
Your comments
Please enter the 5-letter protection code

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:
 


Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |  Feeds | Contact
The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL.
Images may be subject to relevant owners' copyright.
All other elements are (c) copyright NationMaster.com 2003-5. All Rights Reserved.
Usage implies agreement with terms.