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2 CPU to ISA Version Mapping
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5 Mapping of some CPU versions to relevant ISA versions.
7 Note Power4 and Power4+ are not supported.
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10 CPU Architecture version
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12 Power10 Power ISA v3.1
13 Power9 Power ISA v3.0B
14 Power8 Power ISA v2.07
15 e6500 Power ISA v2.06 with some exceptions
16 e5500 Power ISA v2.06 with some exceptions, no Altivec
17 Power7 Power ISA v2.06
18 Power6 Power ISA v2.05
20 Cell PPU - Power ISA v2.02 with some minor exceptions
21 - Plus Altivec/VMX ~= 2.03
22 Power5++ Power ISA v2.04 (no VMX)
23 Power5+ Power ISA v2.03
24 Power5 - PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture Book I v2.02
25 - PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture Book II v2.02
26 - PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture Book III v2.02
27 PPC970 - PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture Book I v2.01
28 - PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture Book II v2.01
29 - PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture Book III v2.01
30 - Plus Altivec/VMX ~= 2.03
31 Power4+ - PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture Book I v2.01
32 - PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture Book II v2.01
33 - PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture Book III v2.01
34 Power4 - PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture Book I v2.00
35 - PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture Book II v2.00
36 - PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture Book III v2.00
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44 CPU VMX (aka. Altivec)
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84 CPU Transactional Memory
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86 Power10 No (* see Power ISA v3.1, "Appendix A. Notes on the Removal of Transactional Memory from the Architecture")
87 Power9 Yes (* see transactional_memory.txt)
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