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Saphira - Microarchitectures - Qualcomm
| Edit Values | |
| Saphira µarch | |
| General Info | |
| Arch Type | CPU |
| Designer | Qualcomm |
| Manufacturer | Samsung |
| Pipeline | |
| Type | Superscalar, Superpipeline |
| OoOE | Yes |
| Speculative | Yes |
| Reg Renaming | Yes |
| Stages | 10-15 |
| Decode | 4-way |
| Instructions | |
| ISA | ARMv8.3 |
| Extensions | Hypervisor (EL2), TrustZone (EL3) |
| Cache | |
| L1I Cache | 64 KiB/core 8-way set associative |
| L1D Cache | 32 KiB/core 8-way set associative |
| L2 Cache | 512 KiB/duplex 8-way set associative |
| L3 Cache | 5 MiB/block 20-way set associative |
| Succession | |
Saphira | |
Saphira is Qualcomm's successor to Falkor, an ARM microarchitecture for the server market.
Process Technology
Qualcomm has not yet disclosed the process chosen for Saphira but it will most likely be on Samsung's 8nm (DUV) or 7nm (EUV).
Release dates
Qualcomm first disclosed Saphira at the official launch of the Centriq server family on November 8, 2017.
Architecture
Key changes from Falkor
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Preliminary Data! Information presented in this article deal with future products, data, features, and specifications that have yet to be finalized, announced, or released. Information may be incomplete and can change by final release. |
- ARMv8.3 (from ARMv8)
Facts about "Saphira - Microarchitectures - Qualcomm"
| codename | Saphira + |
| designer | Qualcomm + |
| full page name | qualcomm/microarchitectures/saphira + |
| instance of | microarchitecture + |
| instruction set architecture | ARMv8.4 + |
| manufacturer | Samsung + |
| microarchitecture type | CPU + |
| name | Saphira + |
| pipeline stages (max) | 15 + |
| pipeline stages (min) | 10 + |