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Alpha 21364 µarch
General Info
Arch Type	CPU
Designer	DEC, Compaq
Manufacturer	IBM
Introduction	January 20, 2002
Process	0.18 µm
Core Configs	1
Pipeline
Type	Superscalar
OoOE	Yes
Speculative	Yes
Reg Renaming	Yes
Stages	7
Decode	4-way
Instructions
ISA	Alpha
Cache
L1I Cache	64 KiB/core 2-way set associative
L1D Cache	64 KiB/core 2-way set associative
L2 Cache	1.75 MiB/core 7-way set associative
Succession
Alpha 21264 Alpha 21464

Alpha 21364 was an Alpha microarchitecture designed by Compaq after acquiring it from DEC and introduced in 2002 as a successor to the Alpha 21264 architecture.

History

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Process Technology

See also: 0.18 µm process

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Architecture

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Die

• 1,250 MHz
• 135 Watts (155 W peak) @ 1.65 volts
• 0.18 µm process
• 7 metal layers (copper interconnect)
• 152,000,000 transistors
  • 15,000,000 logic
  • 137,000,000 cache
• 21.1 mm x 18.8 mm
• 396.68 mm² die size
• PGA-1443 package
  • 946 signal pins

Core

Documents

• Alpha 21364 (EV7), January 4, 2002
• Alpha 21364: A Scalable Single-chip SMP (PPT) (PDF Version), 1998
• The Alpha 21364 and 21464 Microprocessors: Continuing the Performance Lead Beyond Y2K (PPT) (PDF Version)

References

• "Alpha 21364 (EV7)", Compaq presentation
• Tsuk, M., et al. "Modeling and measurement of the Alpha 21364 package." Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging, 2001. IEEE, 2001.