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Figure 1-12 POWER7 quad chip module
1.4.10 Octant
This section discusses the “octant” level of the system.
Figure 1-13 on page 25 shows a 32-way SMP with two-tier SMP fabric, four chip processor
MCM + Hub SCM with onboard optics.
Each octant represents 1/8 of the CEC planar, which contains one QCM, one Hub module,
and up to 16 associated memory modules.
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