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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, 2,300 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.

Cache

Main article: Vulcan § Cache

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Cache Organization Cache is a hardware component containing a relatively small and extremely fast memory designed to speed up the performance of a CPU by preparing ahead of time the data it needs to read from a relatively slower medium such as main memory. The organization and amount of cache can have a large impact on the performance, power consumption, die size, and consequently cost of the IC. Cache is specified by its size, number of sets, associativity, block size, sub-block size, and fetch and write-back policies. Note: All units are in kibibytes and mebibytes.

L1$ 1.87 MiB 1,914.88 KiB 1,960,837.12 B L1I$ 960 KiB 983,040 B 0.938 MiB 30x32 KiB 8-way set associative   L1D$ 960 KiB 983,040 B 0.938 MiB 30x32 KiB 8-way set associative   L2$ 7.5 MiB 7,680 KiB 7,864,320 B 0.00732 GiB     30x256 KiB 8-way set associative   L3$ 30 MiB 30,720 KiB 31,457,280 B 0.0293 GiB     30x1 MiB

Memory controller

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	Integrated Memory Controller
	Max Type DDR4-2666 Supports ECC Yes Max Mem 2 TiB Controllers 2 Channels 8 Max Bandwidth 158.95 GiB/s 162,764.8 MiB/s 170.671 GB/s 170,671.263 MB/s 0.155 TiB/s 0.171 TB/s Bandwidth Single 19.87 GiB/s Double 39.74 GiB/s Quad 79.47 GiB/s Hexa 119.21 GiB/s Octa 158.95 GiB/s

Expansions

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	Expansion Options
PCIe Revision: 3.0 Max Lanes: 56 Configuration: x16, x8, x4, x1 SATA Revision: 3 Max Ports: 2 USB Revision: 3 Max Ports: 2

Features

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	Supported ARM Extensions & Processor Features
	NEON Advanced SIMD extension TrustZone TrustZone Security Extensions CRC32 CRC-32 checksum Extension Crypto Cryptographic Extension SIMD Advanced SIMD extension