Introduced: 2004-06-11
Description: Successor to Power4 built in 0.13 um technology. The MCM (Multi Chip Module) includes 4 chips with two MultiThreaded cores each presenting a total of 16 virtual cores on the MCM. Each chip also has a 36 MB L3 cache attached for a total of 144 MB of L3 cache on the MCM. Each MCM can be connected to other MCMs through a 4GB/s bus for up to 128-way multiprocessing.
A single core version, also with Simultaneous MultiThreading, may also be launched. Each core includes 120 registers (80 on the Power4) and is said to have 40% to 100% better performance. Will later move to 90 nm with the Power5+ version.
Will be available 2004-06-11.Type: Processors [Roadmap] [Timeline]
State: Released
Die size 4 x 389 mm2 + L3 cache Bus speed GX+I/O >6GB/s L2 cache 4 x 3 x 640 KB L1 cache 4 x 64KB I; 32KB D Process 130 nm CuSOI Core speed 1.4 - 2 GHz Transistors 4 x 276 M + L3 cache Form factor 5400 pin L3 cache 4 x 36 MB (off-die, on MCM) Memory DDR / DDR-2 Type Server, 4 x 2 cores Core Power5
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2005-12-19 In the Shadow of Poughkeepsie RealWorldTech [rm]
2005-03-04 IDF: Itanium vs. Power: IBM ditches Itanium support, and Intel follows up by talking smack about POWER. Fight! Fight! Ars Technica [rm]
2004-10-15 IBM's Power5 beast takes on Sun, HP - and IBM: Hitting the 64-way barrier The Register [rm]
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2004-08-31 AMD Demos Dual-Core Microprocessors: AMD Plugs Dual-Core Chips into Servers Xbit Labs [rm]
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2004-05-26 IPM Special Report (chinese) IBM [rm]
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2004-05-03 IBM confirms POWER5 server release The Inquirer [rm]
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2003-10-17 IBM's POWER5 Chip with 8 Cores and 144MB Cache Showcased: Almost 10 Square Centimeters... Xbit Labs [rm]
2003-10-17 Pic of eight way POWER5 with 144MB cache revealed: Yowsa! The Inquirer [rm]
2003-09-16 AMD to pitch Opteron at blades: 30-35W Opterons coming up The Register [rm]
2003-08-20 IBM: Power5 Chip to Tap Threading ExtremeTech [rm]
2003-08-19 IBM Talks Power5 at Hot Chips Conference Computer Business Review [rm]
2003-08-15 Simultaneous Multi-threading Implementation in POWER5 --IBM's Next Generation POWER Microprocessor hotchips.org [rm]
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