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'''z14''' is a [[z/Architecture]]-based microarchitecture designed by [[IBM]] and introduced in 2017 for their {{ibm|z14}} processors and mainframes. The z14 microarchitecture replaced the {{\\|z13}}.
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'''z14''' is the successor to {{\\|z13}}, a [[14 nm]] [[z/Architecture]] mainframe microarchitecture designed by [[IBM]] and introduced in 2017.
  
 
==Process Technology==
 
==Process Technology==
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z14-based microprocessors are manufactured on [[GlobalFoundries]]'s [[14 nm process|14 nm]] (14HP) [[FinFET]] [[Silicon-On-Insulator]] (SOI) process. The process was designed by IBM at what used to be their East Fishkill, New York fab which has since been sold to GlobalFoundries.
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z14-based microprocessors are manufactured on [[GlobalFoundries]]'s [[14 nm process|14 nm]] (14HP) [[FinFET]] [[Silicon-On-Insulator]] (SOI) process featuring highly-dense [[deep trench structures]] used for high-density [[eDRAM]].
  
 
== Release Dates ==
 
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Every mainframe have two frames that are bolted together. Frames are built to Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) standards and are 42U EIA frames. Viewed from the front, the right side is called '''Frame A''' while the left side is called '''Frame Z'''.
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Each mainframe has two frames that are bolted together. Frames are built to Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) standards and are 42U EIA frames. Viewed from the front, the right side is called '''Frame A''' while the left side is called '''Frame Z'''.
  
 
==== Z Frame ====
 
==== Z Frame ====
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| &nbsp; || At the top of the frame is an optional overhead power cabling solution. There are top exit options for fiber optic cables and other ethernet solutions such as [[FICON]], [[OSA]], 12x [[InfiniBand]], 1x InfiniBand, ICA, zHyperLink Express, Coupling Express LR, and RoCE.
 
| &nbsp; || At the top of the frame is an optional overhead power cabling solution. There are top exit options for fiber optic cables and other ethernet solutions such as [[FICON]], [[OSA]], 12x [[InfiniBand]], 1x InfiniBand, ICA, zHyperLink Express, Coupling Express LR, and RoCE.
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| Two radiator pumps or two Water Conditioning Units (WCUs) in the case of water cooling.
 
| Two radiator pumps or two Water Conditioning Units (WCUs) in the case of water cooling.
 
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== System ==
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[[File:z14 drawer.svg|right|400px]]
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The IBM z14 mainframe is the successor to {{\\|z13}}, offering a large set of enhancements over the prior generation in all key areas such as scalability, security, and performance.
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=== Drawer ===
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The IBM z14 mainframe consists of a number of drawers. A drawer is simply a cluster of processors and chipsets. Each drawer consists of two clusters of three central processors (CPs) each and a single system controller (SC) chip. A full drawer can thus have a total of six processors and a single system controller. The X-bus interconnect links each CP chip to every other CP chip in the cluster and each CP chip to the SC chip.
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[[File:z14 drawer topology.svg|left|225px]]
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The SC chip can links one drawer to another for up to four drawers in the max z14 mainframe system. In a max configuration, the z14 can have a total of 24 processors. With up to 10 cores per processor, in theory, a maximum-configured system can have a total of 240 cores. Note that some chips are reserved for redundancy, so a max drawer has 41 active cores for a maximum of 164 cores with four drawers. Drawers are linked together by linking each SC to every other SC in the other drawers over the A-bus. This is done through SMP connectors and cables. All four drawers are then fully connected to all other drawers.
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[[File:z14 mainframe drawer showing.jpg|700px|right]]
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=== Central Processor ===
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Fabricated on a [[14 nm process]], the central processor is largely an evolutionary designed based on the previous {{\\|z13}} architecture featuring a very long [[out-of-order]] pipeline for high frequency design. Running at up to 5.2 GHz for a 0.192 ns cycle time, chips come with either 7, 8, 9, or 10 active cores enabled.
  
 
== Die ==
 
== Die ==
  
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=== Core ===
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=== Central Processor (CP) Chip ===
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[[File:z14 next to dime.png|right|200px]]
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* GlobalFoundries [[14 nm process|14HP Process]]
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** CMOS FinFET SOI
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** 17 Metal Layers
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* [[deca-core]] (10 Processor Units (PUs))
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* 5.2 GHz (192 ps cycle time)
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* 6,100,000,000 transistors
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* 14.4 miles of copper wire
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* 26.5 x 27.8 mm <sup>†</sup> OR 25.3 mm x 27.5 mm<sup>‡</sup> die
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** 736.7 mm²<sup>†</sup> OR 695.75 mm²<sup>‡</sup> die size
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** 18,581 power pins
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** 1,505 signal pins
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(† - size provided by IBM in their presentations; ‡ - size provided by the IBM RedBook)
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::'''Floor Plan:'''
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:: [[File:z14 die floor plan.png|650px]]
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::'''Die:'''
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::[[File:ibm z14 die shot.png|class=wikichip_ogimage|600px]]
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==== Core ====
 
Below is a layout of a single [[physical core]]:
 
Below is a layout of a single [[physical core]]:
  
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* '''IDU''' - Instruction decode unit
 
* '''IDU''' - Instruction decode unit
 
* '''IFB''' - Instruction fetch and branch prediction
 
* '''IFB''' - Instruction fetch and branch prediction
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=== Single-chip module (SCM) ===
 
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IBM's z14 Single-Chip Module (SCM) consists of a multi-layer metal substrate module that includes either:
 
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* 1x Processor Unit (PU)
 
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* 1x System Controller (SC)
 
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=== Central Processor (CP) Chip ===
 
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[[File:z14 next to dime.png|right|200px]]
 
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* [[IBM]]'s developed (now GlobalFoundries) [[14 nm process|14HP Process]]
 
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** CMOS FinFET SOI
 
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** 17 Metal Layers
 
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* [[deca-core]] (10 Processor Units (PUs))
 
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* 5.2 GHz (192 ps cycle time)
 
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* 6,100,000,000 transistors
 
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* 14.4 miles of copper wire
 
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* 26.5 x 27.8 mm die
 
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** 736.7 mm² die size
 
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** 18,581 power pins
 
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** 1,505 signal pins
 
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:: [[File:z14 die floor plan.png|650px]]
 
  
 
=== System Controller (SC) Chip ===
 
=== System Controller (SC) Chip ===
 
[[File:z14sc next to a dime.png|right|200px]]
 
[[File:z14sc next to a dime.png|right|200px]]
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* [[IBM]]'s developed (now GlobalFoundries) [[14 nm process|14HP Process]]
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* GlobalFoundries [[14 nm process|14HP Process]]
 
** CMOS FinFET SOI
 
** CMOS FinFET SOI
 
** 17 Metal Layers
 
** 17 Metal Layers
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::'''Floor Plan:'''
 
:: [[File:ibm z14 sc floor plan.png|650px]]
 
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Latest revision as of 13:02, 23 September 2019

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z14 µarch
General Info
Arch TypeCPU
DesignerIBM
ManufacturerGlobalFoundries
IntroductionJuly 17, 2017
Process14 nm
Core Configs7, 8, 9, 10
Pipeline
TypeSuperscalar, Pipelined
OoOEYes
SpeculativeYes
Reg RenamingYes
Instructions
ISAz/Architecture
Cache
L1I Cache128 KiB
L1D Cache128 KiB
Succession

z14 is the successor to z13, a 14 nm z/Architecture mainframe microarchitecture designed by IBM and introduced in 2017.

Process Technology[edit]

z14-based microprocessors are manufactured on GlobalFoundries's 14 nm (14HP) FinFET Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) process featuring highly-dense deep trench structures used for high-density eDRAM.

Release Dates[edit]

IBM z14 was announced on July 17, 2017. General availability started on September 13, 2017.

Architecture[edit]

ibm z14 overview.png

Key changes from z13[edit]

  • 14 nm process (from 22 nm)
    • 6.1B transistors (from 3.99B; 53% increase)
  • Higher clock frequency (5.2 GHz from 5 GHz; 4% increase)
  • Higher scalability
    • Up to 170-way multiprocessing (from 141-way)
  • Core
    • Improved Operand Store Compare (OSC) prediction
    • Faster branch wakeup
    • Improved instruction delivery
    • Reduced execution latency
  • Cache
    • New directory design
      • Power efficient
    • L1I$ increased to 128 KiB/core (from 96 KiB/core; 33% increase)
    • L2D$ increased to 4 MiB/core (from 2 MiB/core; 100% increase)
    • L3$ increased to 128 MiB/CP (from 64 MiB/CP; 100% increase)
    • New 672 MiB/drawer of shared L4
  • TLB
    • New Translation/TLB2
      • Reduced latency
    • 4 concurrent translation
    • lookup integrated into L2 access pipe
    • 2x Larger CRSTE
    • 1.5x large PTEs
    • New 64-entry 2 GiB TLB2
  • BTB
  • Central Processor Assist for Cryptographic Function (CPACF)
    • Dedicated co-processor for each core
    • Claims 6x faster encryption functions (vs. z13)
      • 4x Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) speedup
    • Support for True Random Number Generator
    • New support for SHA-3 standard

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

New instructions[edit]

  • New SIMD instructions for COBOL and analytics applications

Overview[edit]

Mainframe[edit]

The IBM z14 mainframe comes in a number of slightly different flavors. In order to reach the highest clock speed of 5.2 GHz, the water cooled system is required, otherwise the air cooled is sufficient.


Water Cooled
ibm z14 mainframe (water cooled).png
Air Cooled
ibm z14 mainframe (air cooled).png


Each mainframe has two frames that are bolted together. Frames are built to Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) standards and are 42U EIA frames. Viewed from the front, the right side is called Frame A while the left side is called Frame Z.

Z Frame[edit]

  At the top of the frame is an optional overhead power cabling solution. There are top exit options for fiber optic cables and other ethernet solutions such as FICON, OSA, 12x InfiniBand, 1x InfiniBand, ICA, zHyperLink Express, Coupling Express LR, and RoCE.
ibm z14 ibfs.png There are two to four optional integrated battery features (IBFs) which serves as a local uninterrupted power source. Additionally, the IBFs provide additional power robustness functionalities such as increases power line disturbance immunity and noise reduction. The number of installed IBFs depends on the number of power regulators that are installed and is always installed in pairs.
ibm z14 power supplies.png A configurable set of Bulk power regulators (BPRs).
ibm z14 io drawers.png The entire bottom part of the rack consists of up to four PCIe I/O drawers, installed top-down.

A Frame[edit]

ibm z14 se.png Two support elements (SE) 1U servers.
ibm z14 pcie 5.png One optional PCIe I/O drawer.
ibm z14 ctrl hub.png Two System Control Hubs (SCHs).
ibm z14 cpc drawers.png Up to four CPC drawers with a minimum of at least one must be installed.
ibm z14 radiator.png Two radiator pumps or two Water Conditioning Units (WCUs) in the case of water cooling.

System[edit]

z14 drawer.svg

The IBM z14 mainframe is the successor to z13, offering a large set of enhancements over the prior generation in all key areas such as scalability, security, and performance.

Drawer[edit]

The IBM z14 mainframe consists of a number of drawers. A drawer is simply a cluster of processors and chipsets. Each drawer consists of two clusters of three central processors (CPs) each and a single system controller (SC) chip. A full drawer can thus have a total of six processors and a single system controller. The X-bus interconnect links each CP chip to every other CP chip in the cluster and each CP chip to the SC chip.

z14 drawer topology.svg

The SC chip can links one drawer to another for up to four drawers in the max z14 mainframe system. In a max configuration, the z14 can have a total of 24 processors. With up to 10 cores per processor, in theory, a maximum-configured system can have a total of 240 cores. Note that some chips are reserved for redundancy, so a max drawer has 41 active cores for a maximum of 164 cores with four drawers. Drawers are linked together by linking each SC to every other SC in the other drawers over the A-bus. This is done through SMP connectors and cables. All four drawers are then fully connected to all other drawers.

z14 mainframe drawer showing.jpg

Central Processor[edit]

Fabricated on a 14 nm process, the central processor is largely an evolutionary designed based on the previous z13 architecture featuring a very long out-of-order pipeline for high frequency design. Running at up to 5.2 GHz for a 0.192 ns cycle time, chips come with either 7, 8, 9, or 10 active cores enabled.

Die[edit]

Central Processor (CP) Chip[edit]

z14 next to dime.png
  • GlobalFoundries 14HP Process
    • CMOS FinFET SOI
    • 17 Metal Layers
  • deca-core (10 Processor Units (PUs))
  • 5.2 GHz (192 ps cycle time)
  • 6,100,000,000 transistors
  • 14.4 miles of copper wire
  • 26.5 x 27.8 mm † OR 25.3 mm x 27.5 mm‡ die
    • 736.7 mm²† OR 695.75 mm²‡ die size
    • 18,581 power pins
    • 1,505 signal pins

(† - size provided by IBM in their presentations; ‡ - size provided by the IBM RedBook)


Floor Plan:
z14 die floor plan.png
Die:
ibm z14 die shot.png

Core[edit]

Below is a layout of a single physical core:


z14 core layout.png


  • L2 - L2I$ + L2D$
  • PC + TP - Core pervasive unit (instrumentation/error collection) + Trap
  • LSU - Load-store unit (+ L1D$)
  • XU - Translation unit (TLB + DAT)
  • ICM - Instruction cache & merge
  • COP - Dedicated Co-Processor
  • FXU - Fixed-point unit
  • VFU - Vector and Floating point Unit
  • ISU - Instruction sequence unit
  • RU - Recovery unit
  • IDU - Instruction decode unit
  • IFB - Instruction fetch and branch prediction

System Controller (SC) Chip[edit]

z14sc next to a dime.png
  • GlobalFoundries 14HP Process
    • CMOS FinFET SOI
    • 17 Metal Layers
  • 25.3 x 27.5 mm die
  • 695.75 mm² die size
  • 7,100,000,000 transistors
  • + 2,100,000,000 cells of eDRAM (~2.1B xTors + 2.1B capacitors)
    • 672 MiB shared eDRAM L4 Cache


Floor Plan:
ibm z14 sc floor plan.png


Die:
ibm z14 system controller die shot.png
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