Specifications

Figure 6. Primary components of the HP sx2000 chipset
I/O backplane
CPU socket
Cell
controller
crossbar
I/O
controller
Memory
Cell board
CPU socket
CPU socket
CPU socket
I/O
controller
System backplane
4.3 GB/s each bus
17 GB/s total
8.5 GB/s each bus
17 GB/s total
11.5 GB/s each bus x 3 / cell
34.6 GB/s per cell
5.75 GB/s each bus
11.5 GB/s total per
cell
Mem buff
16 DIMMs x 36 DDR
II
8.5 GB/s
Cell boards
The cell, or cell board, is one of the basic building blocks of the HP 9000 midrange servers. A cell
board is a module that primarily houses processors, memory, and the cell controller application-
specific integrated circuits (ASICs).
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