POWER8
2014 family of multi-core microprocessors by IBM / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
POWER8 is a family of superscalar multi-core microprocessors based on the Power ISA, announced in August 2013 at the Hot Chips conference. The designs are available for licensing under the OpenPOWER Foundation, which is the first time for such availability of IBM's highest-end processors.[1][2]
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Launched | 2014 |
Designed by | IBM |
Performance | |
Max. CPU clock rate | 2.5 GHz to 5 GHz |
Cache | |
L1 cache | 64+32 KB per core |
L2 cache | 512 KB per core |
L3 cache | 8 MB per chiplet |
L4 cache | 16 MB per Centaur |
Architecture and classification | |
Technology node | 22 nm |
Instruction set | Power ISA (Power ISA v.2.07) |
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History | |
Predecessor | POWER7 |
Successor | POWER9 |
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Systems based on POWER8 became available from IBM in June 2014.[3] Systems and POWER8 processor designs made by other OpenPOWER members were available in early 2015.