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