Performance Optimization and Tuning Techniques for IBM Processors, including IBM POWER8

The POWER8 processor

This chapter introduces the POWER8 processor and describes some of the technical details and features of this product. It covers the following topics:

•2.1, “Introduction to the POWER8 processor” on page 22

•2.2, “Using POWER8 features” on page 23

•2.3, “Related publications” on page 48

 

2.1 Introduction to the POWER8 processor

The POWER8 processor is manufactured using the IBM 22 nm Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) technology. Each chip is 567 mm2 and contains 1.2 billion transistors. As shown in Figure 2-1, the chip contains twelve ...