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Spring Crest - Microarchitectures - Intel Nervana
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| Spring Crest µarch | |
| General Info | |
| Arch Type | NPU |
| Designer | Nervana |
| Manufacturer | Intel |
| Introduction | 2019 |
| Process | 16 nm |
| PE Configs | 24 |
| Succession | |
Spring Crest is the successor to Lake Crest, a planned neural processor microarchitecture designed by Intel Nervana.
Produces based on Spring Crest are branded as the NNP L-1000 series.
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Process Technology
Spring Crest is fabricated on TSMC's 16 nm process.
Architecture
Spring Crest largely builds on the prior generation but introduces more enhancements and compute.
Key changes from Lake Crest
- 16 nm process (from 28 nm)
- 2x computer clusters (24 CCs, up from 12)
- 33% more InterChip Links (16 ICLs, up from 12)
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Die
- 16 nm process
- ~741 mm² (estimated)
- ~26 mm x 28.5 mm
Facts about "Spring Crest - Microarchitectures - Intel Nervana"
| codename | Spring Crest + |
| designer | Nervana + |
| first launched | 2019 + |
| full page name | nervana/microarchitectures/spring crest + |
| instance of | microarchitecture + |
| manufacturer | Intel + |
| name | Spring Crest + |
| process | 16 nm (0.016 μm, 1.6e-5 mm) + |
| processing element count | 24 + |
