1========================== 2CPU to ISA Version Mapping 3========================== 4 5Mapping of some CPU versions to relevant ISA versions. 6 7========= ==================================================================== 8CPU Architecture version 9========= ==================================================================== 10Power10 Power ISA v3.1 11Power9 Power ISA v3.0B 12Power8 Power ISA v2.07 13Power7 Power ISA v2.06 14Power6 Power ISA v2.05 15PA6T Power ISA v2.04 16Cell PPU - Power ISA v2.02 with some minor exceptions 17 - Plus Altivec/VMX ~= 2.03 18Power5++ Power ISA v2.04 (no VMX) 19Power5+ Power ISA v2.03 20Power5 - PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture Book I v2.02 21 - PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture Book II v2.02 22 - PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture Book III v2.02 23PPC970 - PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture Book I v2.01 24 - PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture Book II v2.01 25 - PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture Book III v2.01 26 - Plus Altivec/VMX ~= 2.03 27========= ==================================================================== 28 29 30Key Features 31------------ 32 33========== ================== 34CPU VMX (aka. Altivec) 35========== ================== 36Power10 Yes 37Power9 Yes 38Power8 Yes 39Power7 Yes 40Power6 Yes 41PA6T Yes 42Cell PPU Yes 43Power5++ No 44Power5+ No 45Power5 No 46PPC970 Yes 47========== ================== 48 49========== ==== 50CPU VSX 51========== ==== 52Power10 Yes 53Power9 Yes 54Power8 Yes 55Power7 Yes 56Power6 No 57PA6T No 58Cell PPU No 59Power5++ No 60Power5+ No 61Power5 No 62PPC970 No 63========== ==== 64 65========== ==================================== 66CPU Transactional Memory 67========== ==================================== 68Power10 No (* see Power ISA v3.1, "Appendix A. Notes on the Removal of Transactional Memory from the Architecture") 69Power9 Yes (* see transactional_memory.txt) 70Power8 Yes 71Power7 No 72Power6 No 73PA6T No 74Cell PPU No 75Power5++ No 76Power5+ No 77Power5 No 78PPC970 No 79========== ==================================== 80