POWER2 RISC processor
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The POWER2 RISC processor is IBM’s second-generation high-performance Reduced Instruction Set Computing microprocessor, used primarily in RS/6000 workstations and servers during the early to mid-1990s.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| POWER2 Super Chip | 1 |
| POWER2 | 0 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IBM POWER architecture processor
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microprocessor ⓘ |
| addressBusWidth | 32-bit ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | POWER2 RISC processor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| applicationDomain |
enterprise computing
ⓘ
scientific supercomputing clusters ⓘ |
| architecture | POWER ⓘ |
| cacheConfiguration | supports large external L2 cache ⓘ |
| category | high-performance RISC CPU ⓘ |
| dataPathWidth | 64-bit ⓘ |
| designedBy | IBM Austin design center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designGoal |
high performance
ⓘ
support for scientific computing ⓘ |
| executionModel | superscalar ⓘ |
| family | IBM POWER family ⓘ |
| floatingPointPerformance | enhanced versus POWER1 ⓘ |
| floatingPointUnit | on-chip FPU ⓘ |
| generation | second-generation POWER ⓘ |
| instructionSetArchitecture | POWER ISA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| integerUnit | multiple integer execution units ⓘ |
| introductionPeriod |
early 1990s
ⓘ
mid 1990s ⓘ |
| isSecondGenerationOf | IBM POWER microprocessors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | IBM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| market |
servers
ⓘ
workstations ⓘ |
| notableSystem |
IBM RS/6000 Model 590
NERFINISHED
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IBM RS/6000 Model 990 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pipeline | superscalar pipeline ⓘ |
| predecessor | POWER1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | POWER3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
32-bit applications
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64-bit floating-point operations ⓘ 64-bit integer operations ⓘ out-of-order-like parallel execution of multiple instructions per cycle ⓘ |
| targetOperatingSystem | AIX ⓘ |
| technologyNode | CMOS ⓘ |
| usedFor |
engineering applications
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scientific simulations ⓘ technical computing ⓘ |
| usedIn |
IBM RS/6000 servers
NERFINISHED
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IBM RS/6000 workstations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vendorPlatform | IBM AIX systems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wordSize | 64-bit ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
POWER2 Super Chip