OCTEON - Cavium

Cavium OCTEON

CN38xx
Developer	Cavium
Manufacturer	TSMC
Type	System on chips
Introduction	September 13, 2004 (announced) June 1, 2005 (launch)
Architecture	MIPS64 R2 network SoCs
ISA	MIPS64
µarch	cnMIPS
Word size	64 bit 8 octets 16 nibbles
Process	130 nm 0.13 μm 1.3e-4 mm
Technology	CMOS
Clock	400 MHz-600 MHz
Package	FCBGA-1521, HSBGA-868
Socket	BGA-1521, BGA-868
Succession
	→
	OCTEON II

OCTEON was a family of 64-bit multi-core MIPS microprocessors designed by Cavium for networking devices.

Overview

The original OCTEON family of network-oriented microprocessors were announced in September of 2004. These chips are based on Cavium's newly announced microarchitecture, cnMIPS, announced the same day. The cnMIPS design is a fully compliant MIPS64 revision 2 implementation. OCTEON chips are found in many enterprise an data center network servers, routers, and switches as well as various high-end residential routers.

Architecture

Main article: cnMIPS µarch

The cnMIPS microarchitecture is a fully-custom design implementing the MIPS64 revision 2 ISA on TSMC's 130 nm process. Due to the specific nature of the applicatons running, an FPU was omitted. Instead, Cavium opted to incorporate a wide array of hardware accelerators for network applications (L3 to L7) including support for compression/decompression algorithms (e.g.GZIP), and security/crypto algorithms (e.g. DES, AES, MD5, and SHA1).

Members

CN3000 Series

The CN3000 series is entry-level processors containing just one cnMIPS core. Depending on the option, these processors either have an array of security-related hardware accelerators (e.g. AES, TRNG) or various communication accelerators (e.g. hardware packet I/O processing). Additionally, all models have 1-3 RGMII interfaces, Conventional PCI interface, and USB 2.0. The 3010 models also have an TDM/PCM interface for direct VoIP communication.

CN3000-Series Microprocessors
Model	Price	Launched	Cores	L2$	Power	Freq	Mem Type	Max Mem	ECC
CN3005-300 CP	$ 19.00 € 17.10 £ 15.39 ¥ 1,963.27	1 May 2006	1	64 KiB 0.0625 MiB 65,536 B 6.103516e-5 GiB	2 W 2,000 mW 0.00268 hp 0.002 kW	300 MHz 0.3 GHz 300,000 kHz	DDR2-533	2,048 MiB 2,097,152 KiB 2,147,483,648 B 2 GiB 0.00195 TiB	✘
CN3005-300 SCP	$ 19.00 € 17.10 £ 15.39 ¥ 1,963.27	1 May 2006	1	64 KiB 0.0625 MiB 65,536 B 6.103516e-5 GiB	2 W 2,000 mW 0.00268 hp 0.002 kW	300 MHz 0.3 GHz 300,000 kHz	DDR2-533	2,048 MiB 2,097,152 KiB 2,147,483,648 B 2 GiB 0.00195 TiB	✘
CN3005-400 CP		1 May 2006	1	64 KiB 0.0625 MiB 65,536 B 6.103516e-5 GiB	3 W 3,000 mW 0.00402 hp 0.003 kW	400 MHz 0.4 GHz 400,000 kHz	DDR2-533	2,048 MiB 2,097,152 KiB 2,147,483,648 B 2 GiB 0.00195 TiB	✘
CN3005-400 SCP		1 May 2006	1	64 KiB 0.0625 MiB 65,536 B 6.103516e-5 GiB	3 W 3,000 mW 0.00402 hp 0.003 kW	400 MHz 0.4 GHz 400,000 kHz	DDR2-533	2,048 MiB 2,097,152 KiB 2,147,483,648 B 2 GiB 0.00195 TiB	✘
CN3005-500 CP		1 May 2006	1	64 KiB 0.0625 MiB 65,536 B 6.103516e-5 GiB	4 W 4,000 mW 0.00536 hp 0.004 kW	500 MHz 0.5 GHz 500,000 kHz	DDR2-533	2,048 MiB 2,097,152 KiB 2,147,483,648 B 2 GiB 0.00195 TiB	✘
CN3005-500 SCP		1 May 2006	1	64 KiB 0.0625 MiB 65,536 B 6.103516e-5 GiB	4 W 4,000 mW 0.00536 hp 0.004 kW	500 MHz 0.5 GHz 500,000 kHz	DDR2-533	2,048 MiB 2,097,152 KiB 2,147,483,648 B 2 GiB 0.00195 TiB	✘
CN3010-300 CP	$ 39.00 € 35.10 £ 31.59 ¥ 4,029.87	1 May 2006	1	128 KiB 0.125 MiB 131,072 B 1.220703e-4 GiB	2 W 2,000 mW 0.00268 hp 0.002 kW	300 MHz 0.3 GHz 300,000 kHz	DDR2-533	2,048 MiB 2,097,152 KiB 2,147,483,648 B 2 GiB 0.00195 TiB	✔
CN3010-300 SCP	$ 39.00 € 35.10 £ 31.59 ¥ 4,029.87	1 May 2006	1	128 KiB 0.125 MiB 131,072 B 1.220703e-4 GiB	2 W 2,000 mW 0.00268 hp 0.002 kW	300 MHz 0.3 GHz 300,000 kHz	DDR2-533	2,048 MiB 2,097,152 KiB 2,147,483,648 B 2 GiB 0.00195 TiB	✔
CN3010-400 CP		1 May 2006	1	128 KiB 0.125 MiB 131,072 B 1.220703e-4 GiB	3 W 3,000 mW 0.00402 hp 0.003 kW	400 MHz 0.4 GHz 400,000 kHz	DDR2-533	2,048 MiB 2,097,152 KiB 2,147,483,648 B 2 GiB 0.00195 TiB	✔
CN3010-400 SCP		1 May 2006	1	128 KiB 0.125 MiB 131,072 B 1.220703e-4 GiB	3 W 3,000 mW 0.00402 hp 0.003 kW	400 MHz 0.4 GHz 400,000 kHz	DDR2-533	2,048 MiB 2,097,152 KiB 2,147,483,648 B 2 GiB 0.00195 TiB	✔
CN3010-500 CP		1 May 2006	1	128 KiB 0.125 MiB 131,072 B 1.220703e-4 GiB	4 W 4,000 mW 0.00536 hp 0.004 kW	500 MHz 0.5 GHz 500,000 kHz	DDR2-533	2,048 MiB 2,097,152 KiB 2,147,483,648 B 2 GiB 0.00195 TiB	✔
CN3010-500 SCP		1 May 2006	1	128 KiB 0.125 MiB 131,072 B 1.220703e-4 GiB	4 W 4,000 mW 0.00536 hp 0.004 kW	500 MHz 0.5 GHz 500,000 kHz	DDR2-533	2,048 MiB 2,097,152 KiB 2,147,483,648 B 2 GiB 0.00195 TiB	✔
Count: 12

CN3100 Series

CN3100-Series Microprocessors
Model	Price	Launched	Cores	L2$	Power	Freq	Mem Type	Max Mem	ECC
CN3110-300 CP	$ 49.00 € 44.10 £ 39.69 ¥ 5,063.17	1 May 2006	1	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB	3 W 3,000 mW 0.00402 hp 0.003 kW	300 MHz 0.3 GHz 300,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3110-300 EXP	$ 49.00 € 44.10 £ 39.69 ¥ 5,063.17	1 May 2006	1	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB	3 W 3,000 mW 0.00402 hp 0.003 kW	300 MHz 0.3 GHz 300,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3110-300 NSP	$ 49.00 € 44.10 £ 39.69 ¥ 5,063.17	1 May 2006	1	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB	3 W 3,000 mW 0.00402 hp 0.003 kW	300 MHz 0.3 GHz 300,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3110-300 SCP	$ 49.00 € 44.10 £ 39.69 ¥ 5,063.17	1 May 2006	1	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB	3 W 3,000 mW 0.00402 hp 0.003 kW	300 MHz 0.3 GHz 300,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3110-400 CP		1 May 2006	1	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB		400 MHz 0.4 GHz 400,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3110-400 EXP		1 May 2006	1	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB		400 MHz 0.4 GHz 400,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3110-400 NSP		1 May 2006	1	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB		400 MHz 0.4 GHz 400,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3110-400 SCP		1 May 2006	1	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB		400 MHz 0.4 GHz 400,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3110-500 CP		1 May 2006	1	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB		500 MHz 0.5 GHz 500,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3110-500 EXP		1 May 2006	1	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB		500 MHz 0.5 GHz 500,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3110-500 NSP		1 May 2006	1	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB		500 MHz 0.5 GHz 500,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3110-500 SCP		1 May 2006	1	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB		500 MHz 0.5 GHz 500,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3110-550 CP		1 May 2006	1	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB	7 W 7,000 mW 0.00939 hp 0.007 kW	550 MHz 0.55 GHz 550,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3110-550 EXP		1 May 2006	1	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB	7 W 7,000 mW 0.00939 hp 0.007 kW	550 MHz 0.55 GHz 550,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3110-550 NSP		1 May 2006	1	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB	7 W 7,000 mW 0.00939 hp 0.007 kW	550 MHz 0.55 GHz 550,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3110-550 SCP		1 May 2006	1	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB	7 W 7,000 mW 0.00939 hp 0.007 kW	550 MHz 0.55 GHz 550,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3120-300 CP		1 May 2006	2	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB	3 W 3,000 mW 0.00402 hp 0.003 kW	300 MHz 0.3 GHz 300,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3120-300 EXP		1 May 2006	2	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB	3 W 3,000 mW 0.00402 hp 0.003 kW	300 MHz 0.3 GHz 300,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3120-300 NSP		1 May 2006	2	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB	3 W 3,000 mW 0.00402 hp 0.003 kW	300 MHz 0.3 GHz 300,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3120-300 SCP		1 May 2006	2	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB	3 W 3,000 mW 0.00402 hp 0.003 kW	300 MHz 0.3 GHz 300,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3120-400 CP		1 May 2006	2	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB		400 MHz 0.4 GHz 400,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3120-400 EXP		1 May 2006	2	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB		400 MHz 0.4 GHz 400,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3120-400 NSP		1 May 2006	2	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB		400 MHz 0.4 GHz 400,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3120-400 SCP		1 May 2006	2	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB		400 MHz 0.4 GHz 400,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3120-500 CP		1 May 2006	2	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB		500 MHz 0.5 GHz 500,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3120-500 EXP		1 May 2006	2	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB		500 MHz 0.5 GHz 500,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3120-500 NSP		1 May 2006	2	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB		500 MHz 0.5 GHz 500,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3120-500 SCP		1 May 2006	2	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB		500 MHz 0.5 GHz 500,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3120-550 CP	$ 125.00 € 112.50 £ 101.25 ¥ 12,916.25	1 May 2006	2	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB	7 W 7,000 mW 0.00939 hp 0.007 kW	550 MHz 0.55 GHz 550,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3120-550 EXP	$ 125.00 € 112.50 £ 101.25 ¥ 12,916.25	1 May 2006	2	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB	7 W 7,000 mW 0.00939 hp 0.007 kW	550 MHz 0.55 GHz 550,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3120-550 NSP	$ 125.00 € 112.50 £ 101.25 ¥ 12,916.25	1 May 2006	2	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB	7 W 7,000 mW 0.00939 hp 0.007 kW	550 MHz 0.55 GHz 550,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
CN3120-550 SCP	$ 125.00 € 112.50 £ 101.25 ¥ 12,916.25	1 May 2006	2	256 KiB 0.25 MiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB	7 W 7,000 mW 0.00939 hp 0.007 kW	550 MHz 0.55 GHz 550,000 kHz	DDR2-667	4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 4 GiB 0.00391 TiB	✔
Count: 32

Datasheet

designer	Cavium +
first announced	September 13, 2004 +
first launched	June 1, 2005 +
full page name	cavium/octeon +
instance of	system on a chip family +
instruction set architecture	MIPS64 +
main designer	Cavium +
manufacturer	TSMC +
microarchitecture	cnMIPS +
name	Cavium OCTEON +
package	FCBGA-1521 + and HSBGA-868 +
process	130 nm (0.13 μm, 1.3e-4 mm) +
socket	BGA-1521 + and BGA-868 +
technology	CMOS +
word size	64 bit (8 octets, 16 nibbles) +

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