Power ISA
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64-bit instruction set architecture
instruction set architecture
reduced instruction set computer architecture
Power ISA is IBM's modern 64-bit RISC instruction set architecture used in high-performance servers, embedded systems, and supercomputers, evolving from the earlier PowerPC architecture.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| POWER ISA | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
64-bit instruction set architecture
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instruction set architecture ⓘ reduced instruction set computer architecture ⓘ |
| architectureFamily | RISC ⓘ |
| basedOn | PowerPC ⓘ |
| bitWidth | 64-bit ⓘ |
| designedFor |
embedded and real-time applications
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enterprise servers ⓘ high performance computing ⓘ |
| developer | IBM ⓘ |
| family |
IBM RS/6000 systems
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surface form:
IBM POWER architecture
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| hasFeature |
atomic memory operations
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branch prediction support ⓘ cache management instructions ⓘ condition register ⓘ count register ⓘ cryptographic extensions ⓘ endianness control instructions ⓘ hardware-assisted virtualization ⓘ hypervisor mode ⓘ link register ⓘ memory management unit support ⓘ performance monitoring facilities ⓘ privileged and problem state separation ⓘ segmented and paged memory model ⓘ special-purpose registers ⓘ vector multimedia extensions ⓘ vector-scalar floating-point unit ⓘ |
| isPartOf | OpenPOWER ecosystem ⓘ |
| predecessor | PowerPC ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
OpenPOWER ecosystem
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surface form:
OpenPOWER Foundation
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| supports |
64-bit address space
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64-bit general-purpose registers ⓘ SIMD instructions ⓘ big-endian mode ⓘ floating-point operations ⓘ hardware multithreading ⓘ little-endian mode ⓘ vector instructions ⓘ virtualization features ⓘ |
| usedBy |
IBM Power Systems
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IBM Power Systems ⓘ
surface form:
IBM Power servers
IBM System z ⓘ
surface form:
IBM mainframes
OpenPOWER partners ⓘ |
| usedIn |
embedded systems
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high-performance servers ⓘ networking equipment ⓘ storage systems ⓘ supercomputers ⓘ workstations ⓘ |
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POWER ISA