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    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12058 from 2003/5/22
    From: Germany
    Update:

    > First solid information on POWER7 preceded its official release by 1.5 years.
    > Going by that, 1 year from now plus 1.5 more years would mean early 2014
    > for POWER8 release. But as we know that POWER8 is scheduled for 2013
    > (and rather early than late that year), solid information may be imminent ;-)

    Found three interesting files:

    http://www.csiltd.co.uk/PDFS/ISD/Itanium%20-%20Reasons%20to%20Act%20Now.pdf (May 2011, page 10)
    https://www-950.ibm.com/events/wwe/grp/grp006.nsf/vLookupPDFs/POWER7/$file/POWER7.pdf (June 2011, page 6)
    http://maben.homeip.net/static/computers/aix/brochure/IBM%20Roadmap%20cf%20sparc%20itanium%20201106.ppt (June 2011, page 2)

    They list as a POWER8 feature among others something called "Accelerators". And what is the real surprise for me here, those "Accelerators" are listed for the POWER7+ as well.


    Edit:
    Found a PDF where the POWER8's "Accelerators" became "Imbedded accelerators" (and also "Dynamic TurboCore" was added to the chip's features):

    ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/la/documents/stg/z/itso-mx/executive_briefing/power_systems_soluciones_para_un_planeta_mas_inteligente_freddy_alves.pdf (October 2011, page 27)

    [ Edited by Andreas_Wolf 21.03.2012 - 10:21 ]
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