Technology Trends IT ELS Kevin Kettler Dell CTO
Core Technology Building Blocks Processor Chipset Graphics Memory I/O Subsystems
Process Technology.13µ 2001 90nm 2003 65nm 2005 45nm 2007 32nm ~2009 22nm ~2011 Moore s Law Lives!
Processor Trends Processor Chipset Graphics Memory I/O Subsystems
Multi-core Technology Introduction of multi-core architectures will drive multi-threaded performance to an all-time high Yesterday: Single core Today: Multiple cores Tomorrow: More cores Core 1 Core 2 Pentium 4 Core Duo L2 Cache Core 3 Core 4 Athlon FX Athlon 64 X2 Die pictures not to scale
XPS 700 - Eight Cores! 3.73 GHz Dual-Core Quad GeForce 7900 GTXs Ageia Physx Processor Creative X-Fi Audio Processor
Memory Processor Chipset Graphics Memory I/O Subsystems
Memory: Technology Road Map Interface DDR4 DDR3 Fully Buffered DIMMs 2 800/1067 1067/1333 1333/1600 1067/1333 DDR2 DDR 333/400 Fully Buffered DIMMs 400/533/667 533/667/800 533/667 667/800 667/800 Voltage 1.8V 1.5V 1.2V Density 512Mb 1Gb 2Gb Process 90 70 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010+ Source: Dell Estimates
I/O Subsystems Processor Chipset Graphics Memory I/O Subsystems
Interconnect Technology Improvements Interconnect technology, based on serial interfaces, is improving bandwidth and latency Fabric Infiniband 2.5Gt/s 5.0Gt/s 10.0Gt/s Fibre channel 1-2 Gb/s 2-4 Gb/s 8Gb/s Ethernet (Cu) 10/100 Mb/s 1.0Gb/s 10.0Gb/s I/O PCI PCIe 2.5 Gt/sec Gen 2 2.5 Gt/sec SAS 3.0 Gb/s 6.0Gb/s HDD SATA 1.5Gb/sec 3.0Gb/s PATA 2000 2005 2010+ Source: Dell Estimates
Unified Fabric and Offload Technology 10Gbps Ethernet, along with offload technology, provides the basis for fabric consolidation CLUSTER (InfiniBand) SAN (Fibre Channel) 10GigE UNIFIED FABRIC 10GigE LAN (Ethernet) Today: Specialty networks for each I/O Tomorrow: Unified Fabric reduces solution complexity and TCO
Wireless Technology Landscape Increasing Range and Mobility Source: Dell Estimates WWAN - WMAN WLAN WPAN Aligned and Shipping Aligned - Downstream Radar Watch WCDMA 384kbps 1xEV-DO 2.4Mbps 802.11b/g 54Mbps @ 2.4GHz 802.11a 54Mbps @ 5GHz 3Mbps HSDPA 1.8 Mbps Bluetooth RFID WiMax <5 Mbps 20 Mbps 100-300 Mbps 300-500 Mbps GPS HSDPA 7.2 Mbps 1xEV-DO-A 3Mbps 802.11n UltraWideBand 480 Mbps DVB-H HSUPA 1xEV-DO-B 8Mbps 1Gbps+ 2005 2006 2007 2008 Super 3G 8-10Mbps HS-WPAN(60GHz) 1Gbps 5Gbps+ 2009 2010
Blu-ray Disc Next revolution in optical storage solutions designed to meet the needs of both consumer and business customers 120 mm 1.2 mm thick Board of Directors
Blu-ray Disc Revolutionary Design Blu-ray Disc s revolutionary design provides the largest capacity to date on a consumer optical disc system Label Side Label Side Label Side Label Side 0.6 mm 1.2 mm 0.6 mm 0.1 mm Optical Properties Irrelevant CD 780nm DVD 650nm HD-DVD 405nm Blu-ray Disc 405nm 1 layer 2 layers 700MB n/a 4.7GB 8.5GB 15GB / 20GB? 30GB / n/a 25GB 50GB
Blu-ray Disc is High Definition and more! Advanced Interactivity and Internet Connectivity Seamless menus: real-time ability to adjust settings such as language and subtitles while watching the content. Communal Viewing: Instant chat with co-workers or content creator Periodic Updates: Bonus Feature Subtitling or Language Options Simultaneously available at launch: BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE Robust Copy Protection Targeting same cost model as DVDs Backed by most industry leading IT and CE companies Blu-ray disc drives available Q4 CY2006
Graphics Processor Chipset Graphics Memory I/O Subsystems
THE CORE - Graphics & Physics Processing Unit Graphics processors - Multiple graphics processors per systems Multi-core opportunity for graphics processors Physics processors - Highly parallel single chip system whose architecture is optimized to speed up physics calculations Significantly faster than CPU Has potential to bring significantly increased realism to 3D rendering Performance (GFlops per sec) 1000 800 600 400 200 0 Gen1 Gen1 *Physics Floating Point Capability 1 2005 Floating Point Capability Gen2 Gen2 2 Gen3 Gen3 2006 2007 4 Graphics (GPU) Physics (PPU) Multi-Core CPU*
THE INTERFACE - DisplayPort New display interface to meet needs of both corporate & consumer customers Provides bi-directional scalable performance over fewer wires to support emerging display needs via micro-packet architecture Enables an extensible, open industry standard without licensing restrictions Unified LVDS / DVI replacement addresses emerging PC needs and helps reduce complexity and cost of monitors First Product Launches targeted in 2nd Half 2007 DisplayPort
DisplayPort Connector Example DVI DisplayPort
THE INTERFACE- DisplayPort Benefits Lower Cost Direct drive architecture reduces cost of LCD displays...not currently allowed with DVI LVDS VGA LCD Panel New User Features DP DisplayPort LCD Panel Micro-packet architecture enables superior user features compared to DVI raster scan Scalable Higher Performance PCIe electrical layer with 1-4 forward lanes with embedded clocking deliver 2x the performance of DVI over small USB size connector 10 bit color 2560 WQXGA+ 1600 Robust Content Protection State of the art content protection via HDCP High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) Widespread content approval Assures product interoperability Extensible to meet future DisplayPort user feature needs Single cable video conferencing and daisy chained displays are examples of new features possible in version 2.0 of the DisplayPort standard secure
OS and Application Evolution Processor Chipset Graphics Memory I/O Subsystems
Linux Adoption - Enterprise Linux is now credible from Network Edge to Datacenter Units / Year (M) 1.5 1.0 0.5 Linux Unix 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
High Performance Computing 100 Linux is redefining Supercomputing Share (%) - Top 500 75 50 25 UNIX 0 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 Source: www.top500.org, Dec. 95 Nov. 05
Sandia National Laboratories World s 6 th Fastest Supercomputer based on Dell and Linux Fastest Intel Xeon-based supercomputer ~60 trillion operations per second 4,096 nodes, Dell PowerEdge 1850 with ~8,000 dual Intel EM64T processors Used for modeling and simulation for development of national security solutions related to weapons, homeland security, and microsystems Source: www.top500.org, June 2006
Virtualization Technology What is the big deal this is an old idea! Apps Apps OS Virtual Machine Apps Apps OS Virtual Machine What is changing Multi-core processing Multi-resource I/O Dedicated Virtualization Hardware Implementation cost declining Virtualization Layer Processor Memory I/O Physical Hardware Graphics
Client Virtualization productivity secure web browsing Encapsulated applications legacy apps security and manageability Apps Apps Apps Apps OS OS Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtualization Layer Processor Memory I/O Physical Hardware Graphics
Unified Manageability Architecture Unified Manageability, a path to simplifying I/T operations Scalable Provide a consistent management framework Flexible Address a wide range of managed devices Standards Based Open, Non-proprietary Increase choice, increase interoperability, decrease cost Industry Adoptable Defines an architectural blueprint for open manageability Consistent with existing complementary standards Orchestration layer Resource management layer Programmatic Access layer (Interface Service) Aggregation layer (Repository/Database) Logical mapping layer (Providers) Platform layer (HW / FW / SW) Interactive
Dell s Technology Visions Processor Chipset Digital Office Graphics Memory I/O Subsystems Storage and Scalable Enterprise
Scalable Enterprise Building Blocks The Future of the Enterprise Scalable 1, 2, and 4 socket systems Opteron Scale-Out Xeon Scale-Up X Itanium
Digital Office Dell s strategy is focused on providing an infrastructure to maximize choice without compromising security or manageability Increased Productivity anytime, anywhere, any device Unified Manageability clients, servers, storage, printers, peripherals Web Services Client Web Services Network Datacenter Ubiquitous network connectivity (LAN, WLAN, WWAN, etc.) Secure Infrastructure flexibility without compromise Any Service Any Network Any Device
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