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(1) Electricity. See current, volt, watt, AC and DC. (2) The capability of a computer system. See computer power and throughput. (3) (POWER) (Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC) A...
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Definition: power
(1) Electricity. See current, volt, watt, AC and DC.
(2) The capability of a computer system. See computer power and throughput.
(3) (POWER) (Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC) A RISC-based CPU architecture from IBM used in its Power Systems midrange computers and predecessors (for details, see Power Systems). POWER CPUs share a common instruction set with PowerPC CPUs, which were developed by IBM, Apple and Motorola (see PowerPC). Following is the evolution of POWER chips. See RISC.
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POWER Size sistors of
Series Year (bits) (million) Cores
POWER7 2010 64 1200 4/6/8
POWER6 2007 64 790 2
POWER5 2004 64 276 2
POWER4+ 2002 64 180 2
POWER4 2001 64 174 2
POWER3-II 2000 64 23 1
POWER3 1998 64 15 1
POWER2 1993 32 15 1
POWER1 1990 32 .8 1
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