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 13e6500 Power ISA v2.06 with some exceptions 14e5500 Power ISA v2.06 with some exceptions, no Altivec 15Power7 Power ISA v2.06 16Power6 Power ISA v2.05 17PA6T Power ISA v2.04 18Cell PPU - Power ISA v2.02 with some minor exceptions 19 - Plus Altivec/VMX ~= 2.03 20Power5++ Power ISA v2.04 (no VMX) 21Power5+ Power ISA v2.03 22Power5 - PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture Book I v2.02 23 - PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture Book II v2.02 24 - PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture Book III v2.02 25PPC970 - PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture Book I v2.01 26 - PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture Book II v2.01 27 - PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture Book III v2.01 28 - Plus Altivec/VMX ~= 2.03 29========= ==================================================================== 30 31 32Key Features 33------------ 34 35========== ================== 36CPU VMX (aka. Altivec) 37========== ================== 38Power10 Yes 39Power9 Yes 40Power8 Yes 41e6500 Yes 42e5500 No 43Power7 Yes 44Power6 Yes 45PA6T Yes 46Cell PPU Yes 47Power5++ No 48Power5+ No 49Power5 No 50PPC970 Yes 51========== ================== 52 53========== ==== 54CPU VSX 55========== ==== 56Power10 Yes 57Power9 Yes 58Power8 Yes 59e6500 No 60e5500 No 61Power7 Yes 62Power6 No 63PA6T No 64Cell PPU No 65Power5++ No 66Power5+ No 67Power5 No 68PPC970 No 69========== ==== 70 71========== ==================================== 72CPU Transactional Memory 73========== ==================================== 74Power10 No (* see Power ISA v3.1, "Appendix A. Notes on the Removal of Transactional Memory from the Architecture") 75Power9 Yes (* see transactional_memory.txt) 76Power8 Yes 77e6500 No 78e5500 No 79Power7 No 80Power6 No 81PA6T No 82Cell PPU No 83Power5++ No 84Power5+ No 85Power5 No 86PPC970 No 87========== ==================================== 88