IBM formally launched its Power6 microprocessor Monday, billing the new chip as the fastest ever built and saying it will enable servers to process data twice as fast while using less electricity. The Power6 dual-core processor has a clock speed of 4.7 GHz and offers 8 megabytes of L2 cache — four times as much as the Power5 family. The chip is also one of the first widely sold that uses IBM’s 65-nanometer manufacturing process. The chips will be available on June 8.
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Big Blue’s New Power6 Chip Blazes Past Speed Record
Posted by: Keith Regan May 21, 2007 01:11 PMIBM formally launched its Power6 microprocessor Monday, billing the new chip as the fastest ever built and saying it will enable servers to process data twice as fast while using less electricity. The Power6 dual-core processor has a clock speed of 4.7 GHz and offers 8 megabytes of L2 cache — four times as much as the Power5 family. The chip is also one of the first widely sold that uses IBM’s 65-nanometer manufacturing process. The chips will be available on June 8.