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ThunderX2 CN9978 - Cavium
| Edit Values | |
| ThunderX2 CN9978 | |
| General Info | |
| Designer | Cavium |
| Manufacturer | TSMC |
| Model Number | CN9978 |
| Part Number | CN9978-2300LG4077-Y21-G, CN9978-2200LG4077-Y21-G, CN9978-2100LG4077-Y21-G, CN9978-2000LG4077-Y21-G, CN9978-1800LG4077-Y21-G |
| Market | Server |
| Introduction | May 7, 2018 (announced) May 7, 2018 (launched) |
| General Specs | |
| Family | ThunderX2 |
| Frequency | 1,800 MHz, 2,000 MHz, 2,100 MHz, 2,200 MHz |
| Microarchitecture | |
| ISA | ARMv8.1 (ARM) |
| Microarchitecture | Vulcan |
| Process | 16 nm |
| Technology | CMOS |
| Word Size | 64 bit |
| Cores | 30 |
| Threads | 120 |
| Max Memory | 2 TiB |
| Multiprocessing | |
| Max SMP | 2-Way (Multiprocessor) |
| Packaging | |
| Package | FCLGA-4077 (LGA) |
| Contacts | 4077 |
ThunderX2 CN9978 is a 64-bit triaconta-core high-performance ARM server microprocessor introduced by Cavium in mid-2018. The microprocessor, which is based on the Vulcan microarchitecture, is fabricated on TSMC's 16 nm process. Depending on the exact SKU, the CN9978 operates between 1.8 GHz and 2.3 GHz and supports up to quad/octa-channel DDR4-2666 memory.
Facts about "ThunderX2 CN9978 - Cavium"
| base frequency | 1,800 MHz (1.8 GHz, 1,800,000 kHz) +, 2,000 MHz (2 GHz, 2,000,000 kHz) +, 2,100 MHz (2.1 GHz, 2,100,000 kHz) + and 2,200 MHz (2.2 GHz, 2,200,000 kHz) + |
| core count | 30 + |
| designer | Cavium + |
| family | ThunderX2 + |
| first announced | May 7, 2018 + |
| first launched | May 7, 2018 + |
| full page name | cavium/thunderx2/cn9978 + |
| instance of | microprocessor + |
| isa | ARMv8.1 + |
| isa family | ARM + |
| ldate | May 7, 2018 + |
| manufacturer | TSMC + |
| market segment | Server + |
| max cpu count | 2 + |
| max memory | 2,097,152 MiB (2,147,483,648 KiB, 2,199,023,255,552 B, 2,048 GiB, 2 TiB) + |
| microarchitecture | Vulcan + |
| model number | CN9978 + |
| name | ThunderX2 CN9978 + |
| package | FCLGA-4077 + |
| part number | CN9978-2300LG4077-Y21-G +, CN9978-2200LG4077-Y21-G +, CN9978-2100LG4077-Y21-G +, CN9978-2000LG4077-Y21-G + and CN9978-1800LG4077-Y21-G + |
| process | 16 nm (0.016 μm, 1.6e-5 mm) + |
| smp max ways | 2 + |
| technology | CMOS + |
| thread count | 120 + |
| word size | 64 bit (8 octets, 16 nibbles) + |