POWER2
1993 family of microprocessors by IBM / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The POWER2, originally named RIOS2, is a processor designed by IBM that implemented the POWER instruction set architecture. The POWER2 was the successor of the POWER1, debuting in September 1993 within IBM's RS/6000 systems. When introduced, the POWER2 was the fastest microprocessor, surpassing the Alpha 21064. When the Alpha 21064A was introduced in 1993, the POWER2 lost the lead and became second. IBM claimed that the performance for a 62.5 MHz POWER2 was 73.3 SPECint92 and 134.6 SPECfp92.
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Launched | 1993 |
Designed by | IBM |
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Instruction set | POWER ISA |
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Predecessor(s) | POWER1 |
Successor(s) | POWER3 |
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The open source GCC compiler removed support for POWER1 (RIOS) and POWER2 (RIOS2) in the 4.5 release.[1]