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

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