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2 CPU to ISA Version Mapping
3 ==========================
4
5 Mapping of some CPU versions to relevant ISA v
6
7 Note Power4 and Power4+ are not supported.
8
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10 CPU Architecture version
11 ========= ====================================
12 Power10 Power ISA v3.1
13 Power9 Power ISA v3.0B
14 Power8 Power ISA v2.07
15 e6500 Power ISA v2.06 with some exceptions
16 e5500 Power ISA v2.06 with some exceptions
17 Power7 Power ISA v2.06
18 Power6 Power ISA v2.05
19 PA6T Power ISA v2.04
20 Cell PPU - Power ISA v2.02 with some minor ex
21 - Plus Altivec/VMX ~= 2.03
22 Power5++ Power ISA v2.04 (no VMX)
23 Power5+ Power ISA v2.03
24 Power5 - PowerPC User Instruction Set Archi
25 - PowerPC Virtual Environment Archit
26 - PowerPC Operating Environment Arch
27 PPC970 - PowerPC User Instruction Set Archi
28 - PowerPC Virtual Environment Archit
29 - PowerPC Operating Environment Arch
30 - Plus Altivec/VMX ~= 2.03
31 Power4+ - PowerPC User Instruction Set Archi
32 - PowerPC Virtual Environment Archit
33 - PowerPC Operating Environment Arch
34 Power4 - PowerPC User Instruction Set Archi
35 - PowerPC Virtual Environment Archit
36 - PowerPC Operating Environment Arch
37 ========= ====================================
38
39
40 Key Features
41 ------------
42
43 ========== ==================
44 CPU VMX (aka. Altivec)
45 ========== ==================
46 Power10 Yes
47 Power9 Yes
48 Power8 Yes
49 e6500 Yes
50 e5500 No
51 Power7 Yes
52 Power6 Yes
53 PA6T Yes
54 Cell PPU Yes
55 Power5++ No
56 Power5+ No
57 Power5 No
58 PPC970 Yes
59 Power4+ No
60 Power4 No
61 ========== ==================
62
63 ========== ====
64 CPU VSX
65 ========== ====
66 Power10 Yes
67 Power9 Yes
68 Power8 Yes
69 e6500 No
70 e5500 No
71 Power7 Yes
72 Power6 No
73 PA6T No
74 Cell PPU No
75 Power5++ No
76 Power5+ No
77 Power5 No
78 PPC970 No
79 Power4+ No
80 Power4 No
81 ========== ====
82
83 ========== ===================================
84 CPU Transactional Memory
85 ========== ===================================
86 Power10 No (* see Power ISA v3.1, "Appendi
87 Power9 Yes (* see transactional_memory.txt
88 Power8 Yes
89 e6500 No
90 e5500 No
91 Power7 No
92 Power6 No
93 PA6T No
94 Cell PPU No
95 Power5++ No
96 Power5+ No
97 Power5 No
98 PPC970 No
99 Power4+ No
100 Power4 No
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