The Multi-Stream Processor
Four SSPs configured to act like one super-processor
- 4.8 GFLOP/sec theoretical peak performance
Ideally configured using one SSP from each of four modules
- Minimizes contention for bandwidth to main memory
- Net memory-to-MSP bandwidth: 10 GB/sec
Cache coherency currently the main performance bottleneck
An SV1 may be configured with varying numbers of SSPs and MSPs
The SV2 will consist entirely of MSPs