Power10

Power10
Power10 SCM
General information
Launched2021
Designed byIBM, OpenPower partners
Common manufacturer
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate+3.5 GHz to +4 GHz
Cache
L1 cache48+32 KB per core
L2 cache2 MB per core
L3 cache120 MB per chip
Architecture and classification
Technology node7 nm
MicroarchitectureP10
Instruction setPower ISA (Power ISA v.3.1)
Physical specifications
Cores
  • 15 SMT8 cores
    30 SMT4 cores
Package
  • OLGA SCM and DCM
Socket
  • 1–16
History
PredecessorPOWER9

Power10 is a superscalar, multithreading, multi-core microprocessor family, based on the open source Power ISA, and announced in August 2020 at the Hot Chips conference; systems with Power10 CPUs. Generally available from September 2021 in the IBM Power10 Enterprise E1080 server.

The processor is designed to have 15 cores available, but a spare core will be included during manufacture to cost-effectively allow for yield issues.

Power10-based processors will be manufactured by Samsung using a 7 nm process with 18 layers of metal and 18 billion transistors on a 602 mm2 silicon die.

The main features of Power10 are higher performance per watt and better memory and I/O architectures, with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI) workloads.