T3E Specifications

ModelT3E-600T3E-900T3E-1200T3E-1200ET3E-1350
Family / Variant ? / ? ? / ? ? / ? ? / ? ? / ?
Introduced November, 1995 November, 1996 November, 1997 August, 1998 2000
Base Price 900,000 USD 500,000 USD 630,000 USD ? ?
Enclosure[1] Cabinet Cabinet Cabinet Cabinet Cabinet
CPU Features
CPU / Clock Speed 21064 (EV5) / 300 MHz 21064A (EV56) / 450 MHz 21064A (EV56) / 600 MHz 21064A (EV56) / 600 MHz 21064A (EV56) / 675 MHz
Number of CPUs 16 to 128[2]
64 to 2048[3]
6? to ?[2]
32 to ?[3]
6? to 128[2]
32 to 2048[3]
6? to 128[2]
32 to 2048[3]
40 to 2176[3]
Cache Size on Chip 8K I-cache
8K D-cache
8K I-cache
8K D-cache
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?
?
?
?
?
Secondary Cache 96K 96K ? ? ?
B-cache ? ? ? ? ?
In-cabinet Upgrades System module, memory
Performance
tpmC @ $/tpmC ? ? ? ? ?
SPECint95 ? ? ? ? ?
SPECfp95 ? ? ? ? ?
Linpack 112.0 GFLOPS[6] 161.0 GFLOPS[6] 211.8 GFLOPS[6] ? 113.9 GFLOPS[7]
Theoretical peak 76.8 GFLOPS[2]
1.2 TFLOPS[3]
1.8 TFLOPS[3] 2.5 TFLOPS[3] >2.4 TFLOPS[3] 3 TFLOPS[3]
Memory / Storage
Memory 1 GB to 256 GB[2]
4 GB to 4 TB[3]
?[2]
2 GB to ?[3]
? to 256 GB[2]
8 GB to 4 TB[3]
? to 4 TB[3] 10 GB to 1 TB[3]
Internal Disk Bays ?
Internal Disk Storage ?
Total Disk Storage ?
Removable Media Bays ?
Removable Media ?
I/O
Standard I/O
?
I/O Slots 2-128:
  • 2-16[2] GigaRing™ channels
  • 4-128[3] GigaRing™ channels
?:
  • ?
?-128:
  • ?[2] GigaRing™ channels
  • ?-128[3] GigaRing™ channels
?-128:
  • ?[2] GigaRing™ channels
  • ?-128[3] GigaRing™ channels
5-272:
  • 5-272[3] GigaRing™ interfaces?
Max. I/O Throughput GigaRing™:
  • 1 GB/s (per channel)
  • 2 to 16[2] GB/s (aggregated)
  • 4 to 128[3] GB/s (aggregated)
?:
  • ?
GigaRing™:
  • 500 MB/s (per interface?)
  • ?[2] GB/s (aggregated)
  • ? to 128[3] GB/s (aggregated)
GigaRing™:
  • 500 MB/s (per interface?)
  • ?[2] GB/s (aggregated)
  • ? to 128[3] GB/s (aggregated)
GigaRing™:
  • 500 MB/s (per interface?)
  • 2.5 to 136 GB/s (aggregated)[3]
Options
Audio & Video
?
Networking
10 Mb Ethernet, FDDI, ATM
Storage
Fast SCSI, Fast Wide Differential SCSI, RAID, Fibre Channel, HiPPI, ESCON
Availability Features
RAID, redundant processing element, hot-swap processing element, redundant interconnect paths
Operating Systems / Clustering
OS Support UNICOS/mk
TruCluster No
OpenVMS Cluster No
MSCS No
Hardware Partitioning ?
Environment
Air-cooled model Liquid-cooled model
Acoustics (LWAd / LpAm)
Idle ? ?
Operating ? ?
Altitude
Operating ? ?
Non-operating ? ?
Shock (operating) ? ?
Vibration (operating) ? ?
Temperature 16-30 °C (60-86 °F) 16-28 °C (60-83 °F)
Relative Humidity 20-80% (non-condensing) 35-65% (non-condensing)
Power Requirements
Nominal Voltage 200-240 V / 400 V
Frequency Range 50/60 Hz
Max. Nominal Current ?
Power Source Three phase
Power Supply ?
Power Usage[4] ?
Physical Characteristics
Air-cooled model Liquid-cooled model
Height 183.6 cm (72.3 in) 198.1 cm (78.0 in)
Width[5] 72.8 cm (28.7 in) 101.6 cm (40.0 in)
Depth 152.4 cm (60.0 in) 209.3 cm (82.4 in)
Weight ? ?
Warranty
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[1] T3E system consists of:
  • One to six (air-cooled model) or eight (liquid-cooled model) mainframe chassis' (MFC) holding:
    • four or more system modules;
    • 4 processing elements (PE) and 8 memory options per system module;
    • system interconnect;
    • I/O controllers;
  • One or more peripheral cabinets.
  • One to two (air-cooled model) or eight (liquid-cooled model) clock modules.
[2] Air-cooled models.
[3] Liquid-cooled models.
[4] "Packaged System" configuration (see SOC); halt in firmware.
[5] Single mainframe chassis (MFC). [6] 256 CPUs. [7] 132 CPUs.