Difference between revisions of "ampere computing/microarchitectures/quicksilver"

Latest revision as of 06:30, 27 June 2020

Quicksilver is Ampere's successor to Skylark, a planned 7 nm ARM microarchitecture for servers.

Ampere Altra™ (Quicksilver) was announced on March 3rd, 2020 with Ampere™ stating that it had begun shipping to customers.

Quicksilver is fabricated on TSMC's 7 nm process.

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-{{ampere title|Shadowcat|arch}}
+{{ampere title|Quicksilver|arch}}
 {{microarchitecture
 |atype=CPU
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 |predecessor=Skylark
 |predecessor link=apm/microarchitectures/skylark
+|successor=Mystique
+|successor link=ampere/microarchitectures/mystique
 }}
+'''Quicksilver''' is [[ampere computing|Ampere]]'s successor to {{apm|Skylark|l=arch}}, a planned [[7 nm]] [[ARM]] microarchitecture for servers.
+== Release Dates ==
+[[File:ampere quicksilver roadmap.png|right|400px]]
+Ampere Altra™ (Quicksilver) was announced on March 3rd, 2020 with Ampere™ stating that it had begun shipping to customers.
+== Technology ==
+Quicksilver is fabricated on [[TSMC]]'s [[7 nm process]].
+== Architecture ==
+=== Key changes from {{apm|Skylark|l=arch}} ===
+* [[7 nm process]] (from [[16 nm]])
+* Higher [[IPC]]
+* Higher core count (80-core up from [[32-core]])
+* ARMv8.2+ support (from ARMv8)
+* Multi-socket support
+* Faster memory (3200 MT/s from 2666 MT/s)
+* PCIe 4.0 support (from 3.0)
+* [[CCIX]] connectivity support

codename	Quicksilver +
designer	Ampere Computing +
first launched	2019 +
full page name	ampere computing/microarchitectures/quicksilver +
instance of	microarchitecture +
instruction set architecture	ARMv8.2 +
manufacturer	TSMC +
microarchitecture type	CPU +
name	Quicksilver +
process	7 nm (0.007 μm, 7.0e-6 mm) +