Update authored by Jan Eitzinger's avatar Jan Eitzinger
...@@ -48,5 +48,6 @@ in Pentium D to 2 GHz nowadays. To give the impression of a performance ...@@ -48,5 +48,6 @@ in Pentium D to 2 GHz nowadays. To give the impression of a performance
increase the engineers silently increased the TDP (Thermal design power) from increase the engineers silently increased the TDP (Thermal design power) from
96W in Nehalem to 205W in Cascadelake. With standard DRAM technology you 96W in Nehalem to 205W in Cascadelake. With standard DRAM technology you
achieve more than 150GB/s on one socket. And with High Bandwidth Memory achieve more than 150GB/s on one socket. And with High Bandwidth Memory
(HBM) used in some HPC chips (e.g., NEC Aurora and Fujitsu A64FX) (HBM) used in some HPC chips (e.g., NEC Aurora and Fujitsu A64FX) 1 TB/s and
1 TB/s and more is possible. more is possible. The next years will show what engineers have to offer to
drive chip and socket performance even further.