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Godson 3A1000 Processor User Manual
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Multi-core processor architecture, register description
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Godson 3A1000 Processor User Manual Part 1
1 Overview
1.1 Introduction to Loongson series processors
Loongson processor mainly includes three series. Loongson No. 1 processor and its IP series are mainly for embedded applications.
Core 2 superscalar processor and its IP series are mainly for desktop applications, and Godson 3 multi-core processor series is mainly for service
Server and high-performance machine applications. According to the needs of the application, some of Loongson 2 can also face some high-end embedded
Yes, some low-end Loongson 3 can also be used for some desktop applications. The above three series will be developed in parallel.
Loongson No. 3 multi-core series processor is based on a scalable multi-core interconnect architecture design, integrating multiple high-end on a single chip
Performance processor core and a large number of level 2 caches, and also realize the interconnection of multiple chips through high-speed I / O interface to form a larger
Modular system.
The scalable interconnection structure adopted by Loongson 3 is as follows
As shown. Both the on-chip and multi-chip systems of Godson No. 3 adopt two
Dimension mesh interconnection structure, where each node is composed of 8 * 8 crossbars, each crossbar is connected to four processor cores
And four secondary caches, and interconnect with other nodes in the four directions of east (E) south (N) west (W) north (N). therefore,
2 * 2 meshes can be connected to 16 processor cores, and 4 * 4 meshes can be connected to 64 processor cores.