TILE-Gx
General information
Launched2010
Discontinued2022 [1]
Designed byTilera
Common manufacturer(s)
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate1000[2] MHz to 1200 MHz
Architecture and classification
Technology node40nm
MicroarchitectureVLIW RISC
Physical specifications
Cores

TILE-Gx was a VLIW ISA multicore processor family designed by Tilera. It consisted of a mesh network[7] that was expected to scale up to 100 cores,[8] but only 72-core variants actually shipped.[9]

After a few acquisitions, Tilera's designs ended up in the hands of Nvidia, which ended production of TILE-Gx processors in 2022.[1] In June 2018, the Linux kernel dropped support for this architecture.[10] Tile-Gx processors were used in MikroTik's CCR1000 series routers, and MikroTik continues to support this architecture out-of-tree in its RouterOS Linux distribution.

Product lineup

Common features of TILE-Gx processors:

Part Core Frequency
(GHz) 		Memory Speed PCIe
Controllers/Lanes 		DDR3
Controllers 		Network Interfaces
XAUI (10Gb)/SGMII (1Gb) 		TDP Crypto
Engines
TILE-Gx8009 3/10 1 2/12
TLR4-00980CG-10C 1.0 1333 MT/s 9 W 0
TLR4-00980CG-10CE 1.0 1333 MT/s 10 W 1
TLR4-00980CG-12C 1.2 1600 MT/s 11 W 0
TLR4-00980CG-12CE 1.2 1600 MT/s 12 W 1
TILE-Gx8016 2/12 2 2/12
TLR4-01680CG-10C 1.0 1600 MT/s 15 W 0
TLR4-01680CG-10CE 1.0 1600 MT/s 15 W 1
TLR4-01680CG-12C 1.2 1600 MT/s 18 W 0
TLR4-01680CG-12CE 1.2 1600 MT/s 18 W 1
TILE-Gx8036 3/16 2 4/16
TLR4-03680CG-10C 1.0 1600 MT/s 20 W 0
TLR4-03680CG-10CE 1.0 1600 MT/s 22 W 2
TLR4-03680CG-12C 1.2 1866 MT/s 26 W 0
TLR4-03680CG-12CE 1.2 1866 MT/s 28 W 2
TILE-Gx8072 6/24 4 8/32
TLR4-07280CG-10C 1.0 1600 MT/s ? W 0
TLR4-07280CG-10CE 1.0 1600 MT/s ? W 2
TLR4-07280CG-12C 1.2 1866 MT/s ? W 0
TLR4-07280CG-12CE 1.2 1866 MT/s ? W 2

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "END OF LIFE NOTIFICATION" (PDF). Nvidia. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Tilera preps many-cored Gx chips for March launch". 30 January 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  3. ^ "TILE-Gx8009 datasheet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-01.
  4. ^ "TILE-Gx8016 datasheet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-26.
  5. ^ "TILE-Gx8036 datasheet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-22.
  6. ^ "TILE-Gx8072 datasheet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-16.
  7. ^ "TILE-Gx architecture shema". Archived from the original (JPG) on 2013-03-22.
  8. ^ "MIT's 100-core CPU Will Be Ready This Year". 24 January 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  9. ^ "Tilera announces 72-core Tile-Gx chip". 19 February 2013. Archived from the original on July 2, 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.((cite news)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ "Linux 4.17 Spring Cleaning To Drop Some Old CPU Architectures". 17 March 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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