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| CPU to ISA Version Mapping |
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| Mapping of some CPU versions to relevant ISA versions. |
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| CPU Architecture version |
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| Power10 Power ISA v3.1 |
| Power9 Power ISA v3.0B |
| Power8 Power ISA v2.07 |
| Power7 Power ISA v2.06 |
| Power6 Power ISA v2.05 |
| PA6T Power ISA v2.04 |
| Cell PPU - Power ISA v2.02 with some minor exceptions |
| - Plus Altivec/VMX ~= 2.03 |
| Power5++ Power ISA v2.04 (no VMX) |
| Power5+ Power ISA v2.03 |
| Power5 - PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture Book I v2.02 |
| - PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture Book II v2.02 |
| - PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture Book III v2.02 |
| PPC970 - PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture Book I v2.01 |
| - PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture Book II v2.01 |
| - PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture Book III v2.01 |
| - Plus Altivec/VMX ~= 2.03 |
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| Key Features |
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| CPU VMX (aka. Altivec) |
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| Power10 Yes |
| Power9 Yes |
| Power8 Yes |
| Power7 Yes |
| Power6 Yes |
| PA6T Yes |
| Cell PPU Yes |
| Power5++ No |
| Power5+ No |
| Power5 No |
| PPC970 Yes |
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| CPU VSX |
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| Power10 Yes |
| Power9 Yes |
| Power8 Yes |
| Power7 Yes |
| Power6 No |
| PA6T No |
| Cell PPU No |
| Power5++ No |
| Power5+ No |
| Power5 No |
| PPC970 No |
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| CPU Transactional Memory |
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| Power10 No (* see Power ISA v3.1, "Appendix A. Notes on the Removal of Transactional Memory from the Architecture") |
| Power9 Yes (* see transactional_memory.txt) |
| Power8 Yes |
| Power7 No |
| Power6 No |
| PA6T No |
| Cell PPU No |
| Power5++ No |
| Power5+ No |
| Power5 No |
| PPC970 No |
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