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Add processor and memory speed (check Levante numbers)

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......@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ author: "Dominik Zobel and Florian Ziemen"
## Processor speed vs. memory speed
![](static/speed.png){width=70%}
:::{.smaller}
Based on figure from "Computer Architecture" by _J. Hennessy_ and _D. Patterson_
:::
## Access time example (1/2) {.leftalign}
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......@@ -238,7 +248,7 @@ T_{avg,s} &= H_1 T_1 + ((1-H_1)\cdot H_2)\cdot(T_1+T_2)\\
## Memory Pyramid
## Memory Pyramid (upwards)
:::{.r-stack}
......@@ -259,6 +269,127 @@ T_{avg,s} &= H_1 T_1 + ((1-H_1)\cdot H_2)\cdot(T_1+T_2)\\
## Memory Pyramid (downwards) - check numbers {auto-animate=true}
Order of magnitude on Levante (AMD EPYC 7763)
- Base frequency: 2.45 GHz
## Memory Pyramid (downwards) - check numbers {auto-animate=true}
Order of magnitude on Levante (AMD EPYC 7763)
Access time (ns) Capacity
------------ ----------------- ---------
Register ~0.4 1 KB
:::{.incremental}
- L1 Cache about 3 times slower
:::
## Memory Pyramid (downwards) - check numbers {auto-animate=true}
Order of magnitude on Levante (AMD EPYC 7763)
Access time (ns) Capacity
------------ ----------------- ---------
Register ~0.4 1 KB
L1 Cache ~1.1 32 KB
:::{.incremental}
- Same factors for L2 and L3
:::
## Memory Pyramid (downwards) - check numbers {auto-animate=true}
Order of magnitude on Levante (AMD EPYC 7763)
Access time (ns) Capacity
------------ ----------------- ---------
Register ~0.4 1 KB
L1 Cache ~1.1 32 KB
L2 Cache ~3.3 512 KB
L3 Cache ~12.8 32 MB
:::{.incremental}
- 256 GB of main memory (default) with a theoretical memory bandwidth of ~200 GB/s
:::
## Memory Pyramid (downwards) - check numbers {auto-animate=true}
Order of magnitude on Levante (AMD EPYC 7763)
Access time (ns) Capacity
------------ ----------------- ---------
Register ~0.4 1 KB
L1 Cache ~1.1 32 KB
L2 Cache ~3.3 512 KB
L3 Cache ~12.8 32 MB
Main Memory 60 256 GB
:::{.incremental}
- Fast Data as Flash based file system
:::
## Memory Pyramid (downwards) - check numbers {auto-animate=true}
Order of magnitude on Levante (AMD EPYC 7763)
Access time (ns) Capacity
------------ ----------------- ---------
Register ~0.4 1 KB
L1 Cache ~1.1 32 KB
L2 Cache ~3.3 512 KB
L3 Cache ~12.8 32 MB
Main Memory 60 256 GB
SSD 100 1 PB
:::{.incremental}
- File system at Levante ~130 PB, limited by quota for project
:::
## Memory Pyramid (downwards) - check numbers {auto-animate=true}
Order of magnitude on Levante (AMD EPYC 7763)
Access time (ns) Capacity
------------ ----------------- ---------
Register ~0.4 1 KB
L1 Cache ~1.1 32 KB
L2 Cache ~3.3 512 KB
L3 Cache ~12.8 32 MB
Main Memory ~60 256 GB
SSD ~100 1 PB
Hard disk ~3000 130 PB
:::{.incremental}
- Tape backup also possible
:::
## Memory Mountain (1/2)
Describe what is done
......@@ -295,4 +426,4 @@ $\approx$ Factor 20 between best and worst access
# Resources {.leftalign}
- "Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective" by _R. Bryant_ and _D. O'Hallaron_, Pearson
- "Computer Architecture" by _J. Hennessy_ and _D. Patterson_, O'Reilly
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