Last Updated on 22 September 2021 by Roberto De Pedrini
The new Power10 processor was recently announced and joins the IBM Power family with the IBM Power E1080 model (8-Sep-2021).
The keyword of this announcement is “ Engineered for agility “.
The video spot: https://mediacenter.ibm.com/id/1_dpyf4i04 .
Let’s start from the Power10 home page https://www.ibm.com/it-it/it-infrastructure/power/power10 and we also explore other resources to learn more about the features of this new hardware.
- Let’s explore Power10 with an interactive tour: https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/us-en/resources/power10experience/
- Nigel Griffiths tells us about “10 Top Facts and Highlights” of IBM Power10 E1080: https://youtu.be/XEvG1ahCWio .
1) CPU Performance up 57% 2) Memory bandwidth up 80% 3) SMP fabric up 28% 4) How – 7nm and 18 B transistors 5) How – Memory OMI with RAM encryption 6) How – Aiming for 16 core but selling 15 core for great yields 7) Lower prices than POWER9 8) Investment protection with POWER9 & Power10 PEP2.0 pools 9) Green and sustainable – yes and yes 10) Advanced Functions – many
- The IBM Power E1080 (9080-HEX) product home page: https://www.ibm.com/products/power-e1080?lnk=STW_US_STESCH&lnk2=learn_PwrE1080&pexp=DEF&psrc=NONE&mhsrc=ibmsearch_a&mhq=IBM%20Power%20E1080
- In brief, the IBM Power E1080 data sheet: https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/MMOYB4YL
- For all the details the IBM Power E1080 Redbook – technical overview and introduction: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/redp5649.html?Open
- Operating system for Power E1080:
- IBM i 7.3 TR11 and 7.4 TR5
- AIX 7.1 TL 5 SP 5 and AIX 7.2 TL 4 SP 1
- Linux: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 8.4, SUSE 15 SP3
- The official announcement of Power E1080: https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/9/877/ENUSZG21-0059/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en
- Three interesting articles from IT Jungle:
- Drilling Down Into The Power10 Chip Architecture: https://www.itjungle.com/2020/08/24/drilling-down-into-the-power10-chip-architecture/
- IBM’s Possible Designs For Power10 Systems: https://www.itjungle.com/2020/08/31/ibms-possible-designs-for-power10-systems/
- IBM Drops Power10 Into Big, Bad Iron First: https://www.itjungle.com/2021/09/08/ibm-drops-power10-into-big-bad-iron-first/
- … and also of TechChannel
- IBM Delivers a Frictionless Hybrid Cloud Experience With the New Power10-Equipped E1080 Server: https://techchannel.com/Trends/09/2021/announcing-power10-e1080-server
- More Power to You: A Closer Look at the Power10 E1080 Server: https://techchannel.com/SMB/09/2021/closer-look-power10-e1080
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