Specifications

38 IBM Power 770 and 780 Technical Overview and Introduction
Figure 2-1 shows the logical system diagram of the 2-socket Power 770 and Power 780.
Figure 2-1 Two-socket IBM Power 770 and Power 780 logical system diagram
P7-IOC
GX++ SLOT #2
GX++ SLOT #1
PCIe Gen2 x8 (FH/HL) SLOT #5
PCIe Gen2 x8 (FH/HL) SLOT #6
TPMD
SAS
Controller
Optional
RAID
Exp. Card
HDD1
HDD2
HDD3
HDD4
HDD5
HDD6
DVD
SMP
Connector
A
SMP
Connector
B
SMP
Connector
B
SMP
Connector
A
SAS
Controller
SAS
Controller
Optional
RAID
Exp. Card
PCIe Gen2 x8 (FH/HL) SLOT #2
PCIe Gen2 x8 (FH/HL) SLOT #3
PCIe Gen2 x8 (FH/HL) SLOT #4
PCIe Gen2 x8 (FH/HL) SLOT #1
2 x 10 Gbps + 2 x 1 Gbps Ethernet
P7-IOC
2.46 GHz
1.0 GHz
1.0 GHz
Buffer
Buffer Buffer
Buffer
Buffer
Buffer Buffer
Buffer
DIMM #9
DIMM #10 DIMM #11 DIMM #12 DIMM #13 DIMM #14 DIMM #15 DIMM #16
Buffer
DIMM #1
DIMM #2
136.448 GBps
per socket
Buffer Buffer
DIMM #3
DIMM #4
Buffer
Buffer
DIMM #5
DIMM #6
Buffer Buffer
DIMM #7
DIMM #8
Buffer
2 System Ports
2 HMC Ports
2 SPCN Ports
VPD Chip
Service
Processor
USB #1
USB #2
USB Controller
3.24 GHz
3.24 GHz 3.24 GHz
POWER7 Chip 1
6-8 cores
Memory Controller
POWER7 Chip 2
6-8 cores
Memory Controller
136.448 GBps
per socket
2.46 GHz
2.46 GHz
2.46 GHz
2.46 GHz (2 * 4 Bytes) 19.712 GBps
2.46 GHz (2 * 4 Bytes) 19.712 GBps
2.46 GHz (2 * 4 Bytes) 19.712 GBps
2.46 GHz (2 * 4 Bytes) 19.712 GBps