POWER3
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POWER3 is a 64-bit RISC microprocessor from IBM’s POWER architecture line, designed for high-performance technical and scientific computing systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| POWER3 canonical | 1 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
64-bit RISC microprocessor
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IBM POWER architecture processor ⓘ microprocessor ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
IBM POWER3 family
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surface form:
IBM POWER3
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| architectureFamily |
IBM POWER architecture
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POWER ⓘ |
| bitArchitecture | 64-bit ⓘ |
| category |
server-class processor
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workstation-class processor ⓘ |
| designedFor | high memory bandwidth systems ⓘ |
| designer | IBM ⓘ |
| family | IBM POWER3 family ⓘ |
| implementationTechnology | CMOS ⓘ |
| instructionSetArchitecture |
RISC architecture
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surface form:
RISC
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| intendedPlatform |
UNIX servers
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technical workstations ⓘ |
| introducedBy | IBM ⓘ |
| marketedBy | IBM ⓘ |
| optimizedFor |
floating-point performance
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vector-like scientific workloads ⓘ |
| predecessor | POWER2 ⓘ |
| successor | POWER4 ⓘ |
| supports |
64-bit addressing
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IBM POWER instruction set ⓘ floating-point intensive workloads ⓘ hardware floating-point unit ⓘ large on-chip caches ⓘ out-of-order execution ⓘ superscalar execution ⓘ |
| targetApplicationDomain |
high-performance computing
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scientific computing ⓘ technical computing ⓘ |
| usedIn |
IBM RS/6000 systems
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IBM Power Systems ⓘ
surface form:
IBM pSeries systems
high-end technical servers ⓘ scientific supercomputing nodes ⓘ |
| wordSize | 64-bit ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
IBM RS/6000