Kilocore
Encyclopedia
Kilocore, from Rapport Inc. and IBM
, is a high-performance, low-power multi-core
microprocessor
that has 1,025 cores. It contains a single PowerPC
processing core, and 1,024 eight-bit Processing Elements running at 125 MHz each, which can be dynamically reconfigured, connected by a shared interconnect. It allows high performance parallel processing
.
Rapport's first product to market is the KC256, with 256 8-bit processing elements. The KC256 started shipping in 2006. The elements are grouped in 16 "stripes" of 16 processing elements each, with each stripe able to be dedicated to a particular task.
The "thousand core" products are the KC1024 and KC1025, due in 2008. Both have 1024 8-bit processing elements, in a 32 x 32-stripe configuration. The KC1025 has the PowerPC CPU, while the KC1024 has processing elements only.
IBM says that the Kilocore1025 will enable "streaming live- and high-definition video on a low-power, mobile device at five to 10 times the speed of existing processors."
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
, is a high-performance, low-power multi-core
Multi-core (computing)
A multi-core processor is a single computing component with two or more independent actual processors , which are the units that read and execute program instructions...
microprocessor
Microprocessor
A microprocessor incorporates the functions of a computer's central processing unit on a single integrated circuit, or at most a few integrated circuits. It is a multipurpose, programmable device that accepts digital data as input, processes it according to instructions stored in its memory, and...
that has 1,025 cores. It contains a single PowerPC
PowerPC
PowerPC is a RISC architecture created by the 1991 Apple–IBM–Motorola alliance, known as AIM...
processing core, and 1,024 eight-bit Processing Elements running at 125 MHz each, which can be dynamically reconfigured, connected by a shared interconnect. It allows high performance parallel processing
Parallel computing
Parallel computing is a form of computation in which many calculations are carried out simultaneously, operating on the principle that large problems can often be divided into smaller ones, which are then solved concurrently . There are several different forms of parallel computing: bit-level,...
.
Rapport's first product to market is the KC256, with 256 8-bit processing elements. The KC256 started shipping in 2006. The elements are grouped in 16 "stripes" of 16 processing elements each, with each stripe able to be dedicated to a particular task.
The "thousand core" products are the KC1024 and KC1025, due in 2008. Both have 1024 8-bit processing elements, in a 32 x 32-stripe configuration. The KC1025 has the PowerPC CPU, while the KC1024 has processing elements only.
IBM says that the Kilocore1025 will enable "streaming live- and high-definition video on a low-power, mobile device at five to 10 times the speed of existing processors."