ibm power6 server 64 cpu

At the given moment in the 32- processor IBM servers are used dual core processors power5+. Expected Power6 will be used in 64- processor machines.
IBM is the basic supporter (developer producer) OF BEVM the enormous sizes of supers-computer. A large quantity of processors enters in their composition, capable of carrying out there are in parallel many tasks. Several customers of company, as it is noted, only and await new, more powerful machines IBM, since have tasks, capable of loading even most powerful server (super-computer).

However, the first systems Power6, which IBM will present during 2007, will relate to the class low-end.

The processor power6 has that doubled, with respect to Power5+, performance and is equipped with several energy-saving technologies, among which:

nap (drowsiness; short sleep), which decreases the consumption of energy CPU by 30 - 35% with the inaction of operating system;
dynamic control of frequency and voltage supply processor.

Furthermore, the built-in processor means of the limitation of maximum energy consumption make possible for user to assign the maximum threshold of required power. I.e., if we assign threshold value, let us say, in 350 W, then it is possible to be confident that more than this standard the new processor IBM consume will not be.

IBM is accurate to traditions and, in contrast to the approaches AMD used and Sun, it did not begin to increase a quantity of core processor but continued a increase in the clock frequency, that we saw in the last models of processors. Recently company reported that Power6 will work at 4-5 GHz, which almost is twice higher than the operating frequency Of power5+. The company has herself operating times, make possible to bring operating frequency to 5,85 GHz without exceeding of temperature barrier into +85c.

Like Power5+, Power6 are dual core and make possible to simultaneously process two flows of instructions. In comparison with Power5+ the work of the mechanism of multitherad in Power6 is improved approximately by 20-25%.

IBM Power6 server 64 cpu

IBM POWER6 SERVER 64 CPU