Specifications

50 IBM Power 770 and 780 Technical Overview and Introduction
With two POWER7 processors in each enclosure, systems can be equipped as follows:
򐂰 MaxCore mode:
–16 cores
–32 cores
–48 cores
–64 cores
򐂰 TurboCore mode:
–8 cores
–16 cores
–24 cores
–32 cores
2.2.2 Four-socket processor card
A 4-socket processor card is supported on the Power 780 (Figure 2-9), enabling a maximum
system configuration of 96 cores (6-core processors). Each POWER7 processor is connected
to four memory DIMMs through a single memory controller.
Figure 2-9 IBM Power 780 4-socket processor card
Power 780 Systems
Table 2-5 summarizes the POWER7 processor options for the Power 780 4-socket system.
Table 2-5 Summary of POWER7 processor options and modes for the Power 780 server
The TurboCore option is not supported with the 4-socket processor cards.
Cores per POWER7
processor
Frequency L3 cache size available per
POWER7 processor
63.44GHz24MB
POWER7
processors
DDR3
Memory
DIMMs