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'''OCTEON''' was a family of {{arch|64}} [[multi-core]] [[MIPS]] microprocessors designed by [[Cavium]] for networking devices.
 
'''OCTEON''' was a family of {{arch|64}} [[multi-core]] [[MIPS]] microprocessors designed by [[Cavium]] for networking devices.
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== Overview ==
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The original OCTEON family of network-oriented microprocessors were announced in September of [[2004]]. These chips are based on [[Cavium]]'s newly announced microarchitecture, {{cavium|cnMIPS|l=arch}}, announced the same day. The cnMIPS design is a fully compliant {{mips|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.
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== Architecture ==
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{{main|cavium/microarchitectures/cnmips|l1=cnMIPS µarch}}
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The cnMIPS microarchitecture is a [[fully-custom]] design implementing the {{mips|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 incorporated a wide array of hardware accelerators for network applications including support for compression/decompression algorithms (e.g.[[GZIP]]), and security/crypto algorithms (e.g. [[DES]], [[AES]], [[MD5]], and [[SHA1]]).
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== Members ==
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== Documents ==
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Revision as of 17:22, 7 December 2016

Cavium OCTEON
octeon cn38xx.png
CN38xx
Developer Cavium
Manufacturer TSMC
Type System on chips
Introduction September 13, 2004 (announced)
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
Socket BGA-1521
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 incorporated a wide array of hardware accelerators for network applications including support for compression/decompression algorithms (e.g.GZIP), and security/crypto algorithms (e.g. DES, AES, MD5, and SHA1).

Members

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Documents

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Facts about "OCTEON - Cavium"
designerCavium +
first announcedSeptember 13, 2004 +
full page namecavium/octeon +
instance ofsystem on a chip family +
instruction set architectureMIPS64 +
main designerCavium +
manufacturerTSMC +
microarchitecturecnMIPS +
nameCavium OCTEON +
packageFCBGA-1521 +
process130 nm (0.13 μm, 1.3e-4 mm) +
socketBGA-1521 +
technologyCMOS +
word size64 bit (8 octets, 16 nibbles) +