POWER instruction set architecture

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The POWER instruction set architecture is a reduced instruction set computing (RISC) architecture originally developed by IBM for high-performance servers and workstations, forming the basis for later PowerPC and Power Architecture designs.

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POWER ISA 3
POWER architecture 1
POWER instruction set architecture canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf RISC architecture
instruction set architecture
architectureFamily POWER
category IBM instruction set architectures
RISC instruction set architectures
computingParadigm reduced instruction set computing
countryOfOrigin United States
designedFor IBM RS/6000 servers
linked to: IBM RS/6000 systems

IBM RS/6000 workstations
linked to: IBM RS/6000 systems
developer IBM
formsBasisOf Power Architecture
PowerPC
hasAbbreviation POWER ISA
hasDesignGoal high performance
scalability
support for multiprocessing
hasFeature condition register
fixed-length instructions
large register file
separate integer and floating-point registers
support for out-of-order execution in implementations
support for pipelining
influenced Power Architecture specification
linked to: Power Architecture

PowerPC instruction set architecture
linked to: PowerPC
introducedBy IBM RS/6000 line
linked to: IBM RS/6000 systems
marketedBy IBM
relatedTo Power Architecture
PowerPC architecture
linked to: PowerPC
successor Power Architecture ISA
PowerPC instruction set architecture
linked to: PowerPC
supports 32-bit implementation
branch instructions
floating-point operations
integer operations
load-store architecture
superscalar implementation
usedFor high-performance servers
workstations
usedIn IBM POWER1 processors
IBM POWER2 processors
IBM RS/6000 systems

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Power Architecture basedOn POWER instruction set architecture
POWER instruction set architecture successor Power Architecture ISA
linked to: POWER instruction set architecture
POWER instruction set architecture hasAbbreviation POWER ISA
linked to: POWER instruction set architecture
IBM Power Systems architecture POWER architecture
linked to: POWER instruction set architecture
POWER2 instructionSetArchitecture POWER ISA
linked to: POWER instruction set architecture
RAD6000 instructionSetArchitecture POWER ISA
linked to: POWER instruction set architecture