POWER6
Sign in to saveThe POWER6 is a microprocessor developed by IBM that implemented the Power ISA v.2.05. When it became available in systems in 2007, it succeeded the POWER5+ as IBM's flagship Power microprocessor. It is claimed to be part of the eCLipz project, said to have a goal of converging IBM's server hardware where practical (hence "ipz" in the acronym: iSeries, pSeries, and zSeries). thumb|IBM Power6 CPU base thumb|Power6 ceramic base, heat spreader removed thumb|Power6 ceramic base, top thumb|Power6 ceramic base, contacts ==History== POWER6 was described at the International Solid-State Circuits Confe
Key facts
- CPU.l2cache
- 4 MB/core
- CPU.name
- POWER6
- CPU.image
- Power6 top.jpg
- CPU.caption
- Power6 CPU
- CPU.produced start
- 2007
- CPU.slowest
- 3.6
- CPU.slow unit
- GHz
- CPU.fastest
- 5.0
- CPU.fast unit
- GHz
- CPU.size from
- 65 nm
- CPU.designfirm
- IBM
- CPU.arch
- Power ISA (Power ISA v.2.05)
- CPU.numcores
- 2
- CPU.l1cache
- 64+64 KB/core
- CPU.l3cache
- 32 MB/chip (off-chip)
- CPU.predecessor
- POWER5
- CPU.successor
- POWER7
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The POWER6 is a microprocessor developed by IBM that implemented the Power ISA v.2.05. When it became available in systems in 2007, it succeeded the POWER5+ as IBM's flagship Power microprocessor. It is claimed to be part of the eCLipz project, said to have a goal of converging IBM's server hardware where practical (hence "ipz" in the acronym: iSeries, pSeries, and zSeries). thumb|IBM Power6 CPU base thumb|Power6 ceramic base, heat spreader removed thumb|Power6 ceramic base, top thumb|Power6 ceramic base, contacts ==History== POWER6 was described at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) in February 2006, and additional details were added at the Microprocessor Forum in October 2006 and at the next ISSCC in February 2007. It was formally announced on May 21, 2007. It was released on June 8, 2007 at speeds of 3.5, 4.2 and 4.7 GHz, but the company has noted prototypes have reached 6 GHz. POWER6 reached first silicon in the middle of 2005, and was bumped to 5.0 GHz in May 2008 with the introduction of the P595.
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