1========================== 2CPU to ISA Version Mapping 3========================== 4 5Mapping of some CPU versions to relevant ISA versions. 6 7Note Power4 and Power4+ are not supported. 8 9========= ==================================================================== 10CPU Architecture version 11========= ==================================================================== 12Power10 Power ISA v3.1 13Power9 Power ISA v3.0B 14Power8 Power ISA v2.07 15e6500 Power ISA v2.06 with some exceptions 16e5500 Power ISA v2.06 with some exceptions, no Altivec 17Power7 Power ISA v2.06 18Power6 Power ISA v2.05 19PA6T Power ISA v2.04 20Cell PPU - Power ISA v2.02 with some minor exceptions 21 - Plus Altivec/VMX ~= 2.03 22Power5++ Power ISA v2.04 (no VMX) 23Power5+ Power ISA v2.03 24Power5 - PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture Book I v2.02 25 - PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture Book II v2.02 26 - PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture Book III v2.02 27PPC970 - PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture Book I v2.01 28 - PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture Book II v2.01 29 - PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture Book III v2.01 30 - Plus Altivec/VMX ~= 2.03 31Power4+ - PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture Book I v2.01 32 - PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture Book II v2.01 33 - PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture Book III v2.01 34Power4 - PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture Book I v2.00 35 - PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture Book II v2.00 36 - PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture Book III v2.00 37========= ==================================================================== 38 39 40Key Features 41------------ 42 43========== ================== 44CPU VMX (aka. Altivec) 45========== ================== 46Power10 Yes 47Power9 Yes 48Power8 Yes 49e6500 Yes 50e5500 No 51Power7 Yes 52Power6 Yes 53PA6T Yes 54Cell PPU Yes 55Power5++ No 56Power5+ No 57Power5 No 58PPC970 Yes 59Power4+ No 60Power4 No 61========== ================== 62 63========== ==== 64CPU VSX 65========== ==== 66Power10 Yes 67Power9 Yes 68Power8 Yes 69e6500 No 70e5500 No 71Power7 Yes 72Power6 No 73PA6T No 74Cell PPU No 75Power5++ No 76Power5+ No 77Power5 No 78PPC970 No 79Power4+ No 80Power4 No 81========== ==== 82 83========== ==================================== 84CPU Transactional Memory 85========== ==================================== 86Power10 No (* see Power ISA v3.1, "Appendix A. Notes on the Removal of Transactional Memory from the Architecture") 87Power9 Yes (* see transactional_memory.txt) 88Power8 Yes 89e6500 No 90e5500 No 91Power7 No 92Power6 No 93PA6T No 94Cell PPU No 95Power5++ No 96Power5+ No 97Power5 No 98PPC970 No 99Power4+ No 100Power4 No 101========== ==================================== 102