POWER7

POWER7
IBM Power7 4 GHz 8-way CPU (de-lidded) from an IBM 9119
General information
Launched2010
Designed byIBM
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate2.4 GHz to 4.25 GHz
Cache
L1 cache32+32 KB/core
L2 cache256 KB/core
L3 cache4 MB/core
Architecture and classification
Technology node45 nm
Instruction setPower ISA (Power ISA v.2.06)
Physical specifications
Cores
  • 4, 6, 8
History
PredecessorPOWER6
SuccessorPOWER8
POWER, PowerPC, and Power ISA architectures
NXP (formerly Freescale and Motorola)
IBM
IBM/Nintendo
Other
Related links
Cancelled in gray, historic in italic

POWER7 is a family of superscalar multi-core microprocessors based on the Power ISA 2.06 instruction set architecture released in 2010 that succeeded the POWER6 and POWER6+. POWER7 was developed by IBM at several sites including IBM's Rochester, MN; Austin, TX; Essex Junction, VT; T. J. Watson Research Center, NY; Bromont, QC[1] and IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH, Böblingen, Germany laboratories. IBM announced servers based on POWER7 on 8 February 2010.[2][3]

IBM Power7 4 GHz 8-way CPU and IHS from an IBM 9119
IBM Power7 4 GHz 8-way CPU IHS top from an IBM 9119
IBM Power7 4 GHz 8-way CPU bottom from an IBM 9119
IBM Power7 4 GHz 8-way CPU removable interposer from an IBM 9119
  1. ^ Authier, Isabelle (17 February 2011). "IBM Bromont au coeur de Watson" [IBM Bromont at the heart of Watson]. Cyberpresse (in French). Archived from the original on 19 February 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
  2. ^ "IBM Unveils New POWER7 Systems To Manage Increasingly Data-Intensive Services". IBM. 8 February 2010. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  3. ^ "New POWER7 workload optimizing systems". YouTube. IBM. 5 February 2010. Archived from the original on 8 February 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2010.