High performance 24 to 48 core CPUs use ARMv8

The 2.5 GHz 24 to 48 core ThunderX_CP and ThunderX_ST low-power 64-bit ARMv8 based processors target high performance compute and storage for large data centers and cloud infrastructure. The ICs have 78 K of I-cache and 32 K of D-cache along with 16 Mbytes of L2 and four DDR-3/4 memory controllers supporting 2400 MHz memories up to 1 Tbyte.

The SoCs have a dual socket configuration, full virtualization, PCIe Gen 3, SATA Gen 3, 10/40 GbE, accelerators for security, and support for a low latency Ethernet fabric. The devices will be sampling in early Q4.