1 ========================== 2 CPU to ISA Version Mapping 3 ========================== 4 5 Mapping of some CPU versions to relevant ISA versions. 6 7 Note Power4 and Power4+ are not supported. 8 9 ========= ==================================================================== 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, no Altivec 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 exceptions 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 Architecture Book I v2.02 25 - PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture Book II v2.02 26 - PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture Book III v2.02 27 PPC970 - PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture Book I v2.01 28 - PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture Book II v2.01 29 - PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture Book III v2.01 30 - Plus Altivec/VMX ~= 2.03 31 Power4+ - PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture Book I v2.01 32 - PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture Book II v2.01 33 - PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture Book III v2.01 34 Power4 - PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture Book I v2.00 35 - PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture Book II v2.00 36 - PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture Book III v2.00 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, "Appendix A. Notes on the Removal of Transactional Memory from the Architecture") 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 101 ========== ====================================
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