POWER6
Realizes: enterprise large-scale computing
2007 IBM POWER6 is a high-frequency PowerPC/POWER chip with SMT and hardware virtualization that powered IBM pSeries 570/780 enterprise servers.
Examples
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IBM pSeries 570/780 (POWER6)
IBM pSeries 570 and 780 servers hosted POWER6 processors in 2007, delivering enterprise virtualization with PowerVM partitions and high-frequency throughput for large-scale compute clusters.
Clock rate ~4.7 GHz per core for high-frequency throughput
SMT 2-way hardware threads per core across POWER6 dual-core dies
PowerVM virtualization with Live Partition Mobility for partitioned enterprise services