The POWER5 is a microprocessor developed and fabricated by IBM. It is an improved version of the POWER4. The principal improvements are support for simultaneous multithreading (SMT) and an on-die memory controller.

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Dec 10, 2004 · The Power5 offers improved power efficiency and terrific scalability, supports non-IBM operating systems (including Linux and Windows), and delivers partitioning and virtualization unmatched by...

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On a four-core POWER5+ processor-based system, the OS discovers the available processors as an eight-core system. To achieve a higher performance level, simultaneous multithreading is also applicable in Micro-PartitioningTM, capped or uncapped, and dedicated partition environments.

With a key goal of maintaining both binary and structural compatibility with POWER4e systems, the POWER5 microprocessor allows system scalability to 64 physical processors. A POWER5 system allows both single-threaded and multithreaded execution modes.

Aug 1, 2005 · With a key goal of maintaining both binary and structural compatibility with POWER4™ systems, the POWER5 microprocessor allows system scalability to 64 physical processors. A POWER5 system allows...

Nov 18, 2003 · Performance-wise Power5 represents a significant upgrade from the well-respected Power4. Initially, the 389mm 2 Power5 will use 130-nanometer technology with each core housing 276 million transistors. Clock speed is expected to be above 2 GHz.

To conserve power, the POWER5 chip implements dynamic power management that allows reduced power consumption without affecting performance. This paper describes the implementation of the IBM POWER5™ chip, a two-way simultaneous multithreaded dual-core chip and systems based on it.

Jul 1, 2005 · With a key goal of maintaining both binary and structural compatibility with POWER4 TM systems, the POWER5 microprocessor allows system scalability to 64 physical processors. A POWER5 system allows both single-threaded and multithreaded execution modes.