POWER8

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IBM POWER architecture family member microprocessor architecture

POWER8 is IBM's eighth-generation 64-bit RISC microprocessor architecture designed for high-performance enterprise servers and advanced virtualization workloads.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	IBM POWER architecture family member ⓘ microprocessor architecture ⓘ
announcedBy	IBM NERFINISHED ⓘ
announcedYear	2013 ⓘ
architectureType	RISC ⓘ
belongsToProgram	OpenPOWER initiative NERFINISHED ⓘ
bitWidth	64-bit ⓘ
designer	IBM NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstSystemsShippedYear	2014 GENERATED ⓘ
generation	eighth-generation POWER ⓘ
hasClockSpeedRange	approximately 3.0 GHz to 4.5 GHz depending on model ⓘ
hasFeature	high memory bandwidth ⓘ integrated accelerator interfaces ⓘ large cache hierarchy ⓘ
hasL1Cache	per-core instruction and data caches ⓘ
hasL2Cache	per-core L2 cache ⓘ
hasL3Cache	on-chip eDRAM L3 cache ⓘ
hasL4Cache	off-chip L4 cache in memory buffer chips ⓘ
hasMaxCoresPerChip	up to 12 cores ⓘ
hasThreadsPerCore	up to 8 threads per core ⓘ
intendedUse	advanced virtualization workloads ⓘ high-performance enterprise servers ⓘ
marketedFor	big data analytics ⓘ cloud computing workloads ⓘ database and transactional processing ⓘ
predecessor	POWER7+ NERFINISHED ⓘ
processTechnology	22 nm SOI ⓘ
successor	POWER9 NERFINISHED ⓘ
supports	AIX NERFINISHED ⓘ CAPI (Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface) NERFINISHED ⓘ DDR3 memory ⓘ DDR4 memory ⓘ IBM i NERFINISHED ⓘ KVM on Power NERFINISHED ⓘ Linux on Power NERFINISHED ⓘ PCI Express 3.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ Power ISA 2.07 or later NERFINISHED ⓘ PowerVM NERFINISHED ⓘ SMT8 (8-way simultaneous multithreading) NERFINISHED ⓘ big-endian mode ⓘ hardware transactional memory ⓘ hardware virtualization ⓘ little-endian mode for Linux ⓘ simultaneous multithreading ⓘ
usedIn	IBM Power Systems E-class servers NERFINISHED ⓘ IBM Power Systems L-class Linux-only servers NERFINISHED ⓘ IBM Power Systems S-class servers NERFINISHED ⓘ OpenPOWER-based systems ⓘ

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PowerVM virtualization → runsOn → POWER8 ⓘ

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