POWER8 Overview v50 PDF

IBM POWER8 Overview
John Banchy
Systems Architect
Version 50
IBM Corporation, 2016
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POWER8 Announcement
Optimized for
Data
Open Innovation
Platform
Superior Cloud
Economics
$2.4B
$1B
Years of
Development
In Direct
Investment
In Linux and
Open Technologies
100s
4.2
$3B
Of
Patents
Billion
Transistors
Future Chip
Research
Innovation Drives Performance

100%
Gain by Innovation
80%
Gain by Technology Scaling
60%
40%
20%
0%
180 nm 130 nm 90 nm 65 nm 45 nm 32 nm 22 nm
P4
P4+
P5+
P6
P7
P7+
P8
Source: An Introduction to POWER8 Processor, Dr. Joel Tendler, IBM Corporation
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IBM POWER9, NVIDIA GPU, and Mellanox

$325M supercomputer contract
Expected on-line in 2017
Oak Ridge National Labs

Lawrence Livermore
National Labs
Courtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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POWER8
Announcement Highlights
POWER8 Chips
Scale Out Systems
Enterprise Systems
LC Systems
Dual Chip Module

6 Cores per Chip
Single Chip Module

12 Cores per Chip
OpenPOWER Design
12 Cores per Chip
POWER8 Scale-Out Family
10
S822
S814
S824
1 or 2 socket, 2U
1 socket, 4U
2 socket, 4U
6 - 20 cores
4 - 8 cores
6 - 24 cores
S812L
S822L
S824L
1 socket, 2U, Linux
2 socket, 2U, Linux
2 socket, 4U, Linux
10 - 12 cores
16 - 24 cores
8 - 24 cores
POWER8 Scale-Up Enterprise Family
E850
E870
E880
16 - 48 Cores
128 GB 2 TB Memory*
7 - 51 PCI Adapters
8 - 80 Cores
256 GB 8 TB Memory
8 - 96 PCI Adapters
8 - 192 Cores
256 GB 16 TB Memory
8 - 192 PCI Adapters
* Statement of direction to 4 TB. Statements of direction represent plans only and are subject to change without notice.
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POWER8 E870 and E880 Nodes

EXP24S SAS Drawers (2U)
24 SFF SSD/HDD
Connects via 2 SAS adapters
PCIe I/O Drawers (4U)

12 PCIe expansion slots
Connects via 2 PCIe adapter slots
System Control Unit (2U)

System Nodes (5U)
32 48 cores / node
32 DIMM slots / node
19-inch Rack
8 PCIe Gen3 I/O slots / node
(E870 Shown)
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POWER8 Enterprise E870 and E880

E870
Node 4
Node
32-core
4.02
GHz
40-core
4.19
GHz
32-core
4.35
GHz
48-core
4.02
GHz
1
Node
32
cores
40
cores
32
cores
48
cores
2
Nodes
64
cores
80
cores
64
cores
96
cores
3
Nodes
96
cores
144
cores
4
Nodes
128
cores
192
cores
Node 1
System
Control
Unit
Node 2
Node 3
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E880
OpenPOWER Linux Cluster (LC) Systems
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S812LC
S822LC GCA
S822LC GTA
1 socket, 2U, Linux

8 or 10 cores
Up to 1 TB memory
Up to 112 TB Storage
4 Available PCI Slots
KVM / Bare Metal
2 socket, 2U, Linux

16 or 20 cores
Up to 1 TB memory
2 Disks
5 Available PCI slots
KVM / Bare Metal
2 socket, 2U, Linux

16 or 20 cores
Up to 1 TB memory
2 Disks
2 NVIDIA K80 GPUs
3 Available PCI Slots
Bare Metal
Hadoop / Spark
Commercial
Technical
Optimized for Data
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Systems of Record
Batch
System of Record Performance is About Minimizing Waiting

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Cache is Critical to Good Performance

1
clock cycle
17
Core
2-100
clock cycles
Cache
400-800
clock cycles
Memory
Memory is slow
relative to
cache
Cache Miss Fighting Fire With a Bucket
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Workloads That Benefit from Big Caches

Core
Core
Core
Big Local
Caches
Big Shared
Caches
Core
Batch
VM
VM
VM
VM
Shared
Data
Shared
Data
Big Memory
Caches
Memory
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Memory
Chip Cache and Core Speed

Chip Family
Core
Frequency
(GHz)
L1 plus L2
Cache per
Core (KB)
Approximate
Cache per Core
(MB)
Intel 26xx-V3 (2S, 8+ Cores)
2.2 3.2
320
2.81
1.9 2.1
320
2.81
2.1 2.8
320
2.81 4.81
POWER8 (DCM, 8+ Cores)
3.02 4.15
608
19.27
POWER8 (SCM, 8+ Cores)
4.02 4.35
608
19.27
IBM z13
5.0
4,320
32.22
2S=2 Socket, 4S=4 Socket, 8S=8 Socket, DCM=Dual Chip Module, SCM=Single Chip Module, Low Power Models Not Included, Updated 6/1/2015
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POWER7 Low Latency Interconnect
On-Module
1 Hop
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Off-Module
1 to 3 Hops
POWER8 Lower Latency Improves Scaling
Maximum of 2 hops
22
POWER8 Two Hop Alternative
Multiple alternatives allows greater concurrency

23
Single Thread Performance is Increasing

82
64
56
+14 %
+28%
POWER7 740
POWER7+ 740
3.7 GHz
8 Cores
SMT1
4.2 GHz
8 Cores
SMT1
POWER8 S824
4.1 GHz
8 Cores
SMT1
Performance measured in rperfs

24
Acquiring Locks has Trade-Offs
25
Course Grain
Fine Grain
(Throughput Risk)
(Deadlock Risk)
Transactional Memory Improves Throughput

T1
T2
T3
T1
T2
T3
Restart
Time
Traditional Locking
26
Transactional Memory
Systems of Insight
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POWER8 More Than 2X Peak I/O Bandwidth

POWER7+
GX++
(2) 20 GB/s
40 GB/s
Peak Bandwidth
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POWER8
PCIe Gen3 x16

(2) 32 GB/s
x
8
x
1
6
x
8
x
1
6
PCIe Gen3 x8
(2) 16 GB/s
96 GB/s
Peak Bandwidth
Peak I/O Bandwidth (2-Socket Example)

POWER8
S824
192 GB/s
POWER7+
740
60 GB/s
POWER7
740
50 GB/s
50
100
150
200
I/O Bandwidth (GB/s)

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Designed for Memory Intensive Workloads

DRAM
Chips
Memory
Buffer
Up to 1 TB per socket
Up to 230 GB/s sustained
Consistent speed
POWER8
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Large in-memory databases
Train of thought analytics
Large virtualized environments
Data-in-motion analytics
Threading to Match Workload Needs

Set at VM level
2.65
Dynamically shift between

modes as needed
2.23
Hardware enforced fairness
1.59
1.00
SMT1
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SMT2
SMT4
SMT8
Chip Bandwidth and Threading
Chip Family
Memory
Bandwidth
per Socket
Peak I/O
Bandwidth
per Socket
Threads
per
Core
59 68 GB/s
80 GB/s
1, 2
102 GB/s
64 GB/s
1, 2
102 GB/s
64 GB/s
1, 2
POWER8 (DCM, 8+ Cores)
192 GB/s
96 GB/s
1, 2, 4, 8
POWER8 (SCM, 8+ Cores)
230 GB/s
64 GB/s
1, 2, 4, 8
2S=2 Socket, 4S=4 Socket, 8S=8 Socket, DCM=Dual Chip Module, SCM=Single Chip Module, Low Power Models Not Included, Updated 6/1/2015
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Bandwidth is Central to Big Data

Read and write
data to and from
memory
multiple times
Memory
CPU
Read and write
data to and from
network or storage
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Traditional Hadoop Architecture

1 Gb Ethernet
Memory
Memory
Memory
Large
number of
nodes
Scale server
and disk
together
Replicated
local disk
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IBM Data Engine for Analytics

Memory
Memory
GZIP
Compression
Accelerator
10/40 Gb Ethernet
InfiniBand
1/3
Of the Storage
35
1/2
Spectrum
Scale
Number of Servers
(TeraSort Benchmark)
What Does This Mean to You?
36
Better real-world
performance
Happier more productive users, more speedof-thought analytics, more transactions
Less on-going
tuning
More productive staff
IBM Data Engine

for Analytics
Fewer servers, less storage, lower cost
Fewer Cores Saves Money

Bigger cores
Core
Higher utilization
Core
Util %
Less idle capacity
>
Util %
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POWER8 vs. Haswell Performance

Benchmark
Intel
E5 V3
Haswell
Best
Results
POWER8
Best
Results
Per
Core
Ratio
Dell PowerEdge R730

E5-2699 v3, 36 Core
16,500
IBM E870
80 Core
79,750
2.2 X
Lenovo Flex x240

E5-2699 v3, 36 Core
245,178
IBM E870
80 Core
1,299,150
2.4 X
SPECint_rate2006
Dell PowerEdge T620

E5-2699 v3, 36 Core
1,400
IBM E880
64 Core
5,400
2.1 X
SPECfp_rate2006
Dell PowerEdge T620

E5-2699 v3, 36 Core
942
IBM E880
64 Core
4,470
2.5 X
Cisco UCS C240 M4

1,125,281
E5-2697 v3, 28 Core
IBM S824
12 Core
1,090,909
2.3 X
SAP SD 2-Tier ERP 6

SPECjbb2013
Oracle e-BS 12.1.3

Extra Large Payroll
IBM Power E870 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 8 processors / 80 cores /
640 threads, POWER8; 4.19GHz, 2048 GB memory, 79,750 SD benchmark users, running AIX 7.1 and DB2 10.5, dialog response: 0.97 seconds, order line items/hour:
8,722,000, dialog steps/hour: 26,166,000, SAPS: 436,100, Database response time (dialog/update): 0.013 sec / 0.026 sec, CPU utilization: 99%, Cert #2014034. Result
valid as of November 15, 2015. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark .
Dell PowerEdge R730, on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 2 processors/36
cores/72 threads, Intel Xeon Processor E5-2699v3; 2.30 GHz, 256 GB memory; 16,500 SD benchmark users, running RHEL 7 and SAP ASE 16; Certification # 2014033.
SPECcpu2006 results are submitted as of 11/15/2015. For more information go to http://www.specbench.org/cpu2006/results
All results use Oracle eBS 12.1.3 Payroll Batch Extra Large Kit and are current as of 11/15/2015. For more information go to
http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/benchmark/apps-benchmark/results-166922.html
SPECjbb2013 results are submitted as of 12/01/2014. For more information go to http://www.specbench.org/jbb2013/results
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POWER8 E870 Sets New SAP HANA Record

SAP BW Enhanced Mixed Load (BW-EML) Standard Application Benchmark Results
2 billion initial record load on SAP Hana 1.0: Ad-hoc navigation step per hour/per core
Source: http//www.sap.com//benchmark
6000
Power Delivers 2X More per Core
5000
BW-EML
step per hour
per Core
4000
4818
3000
2000
2395
2283
2116
Dell
PowerEdge
R930
E7-8890 v3
4p/72c/144t
Dell
PowerEdge
R920
E7-4890 v2
4p/60c/120t
HP
DL580 Gen8
E7-4880 v2
4p/60c/120t
1000
0
IBM
E870
POWER8
4p/40c/320t
(1) IBM Power Enterprise System E870 on the SAP BW Extended mixed load standard application benchmark running SAP Netweaver 7.31 application; 4 processors / 40 cores / 320 threads, POWER8; 4.19GHz, 1024 GB memory, 192.750 adhoc navigation steps per hours on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 and SAP Hana 1.0, Certification #: 2015024 Result valid as of June
1, 2015. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
(2) Dell PowerEdge R930, on the SAP BW Extended mixed load standard application benchmark running SAP Netweaver 7.31 application; 4 processors / 72 cores / 144 threads, , Intel Xeon Processor E-7 8890 v3 ,2.5 GHz; 1536 GB memory, 172.450 adhoc navigation steps per hours on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 and SAP Hana 1.0, Certification #: 2015014
(3) Dell PowerEdge R920, on the SAP BW Extended mixed load standard application benchmark running SAP Netweaver 7.31 application; 4 processors / 60 cores / 120 threads, , Intel Xeon Processor E-7 4890 v2 ,2.8 GHz; 1024 GB memory, 137,010 adhoc navigation steps per hours on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 and SAP Hana 1.0, Certification #: 2014044
(4) HP DL580 Gen8, on the SAP BW Extended mixed load standard application benchmark running SAP Netweaver 7.30 application; 4 processors / 60 cores / 120 threads, , Intel Xeon Processor E-7 4880 v2 ,2.5 GHz; 1024 GB memory, 126,980 adhoc navigation steps per hours on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 and SAP Hana 1.0, Certification #: 2014009
SAP and all SAP logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies.
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POWER8: More than 2X Performance of x86

STAC-A2.2.GREEKS.TIME.WARM
STAC-A2.2.GREEKS.MAX_PATHS
Relative Performance
2.5
2.0
1.5
2.3
1.0
0.5
2.1
1
0.0
E5-2699 v3
36c/72t
POWER8
24c/192t
E7-4890 v2
60c/120t
POWER8
24c/192t
All IBM Data is found in STAC Configuration Disclosure for this SUT: www.STACresearch.com/IBM150305
Based on STAC-A2.2.GREEKS.TIME.WARM. STAC Configuration Disclosure for this SUT: www.STACresearch.com/INTC140814
Based on STAC-A2.2.GREEKS.MAX_PATHS. STAC Configuration Disclosure for this SUT: www.STACresearch.com/INTC140509
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Common Server Virtualization Terms

Virtual
Processor
Linux
AIX
Virtual
Machine
IBM i
Hypervisor
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Managing Virtual Processors is Complex
Non-Virtualized
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Virtualized
Power is Optimized for Virtualization
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VP Not Running
VP Running
Owns the Lock
Spins on the Lock
100%
44
Maximum Sustained Utilization

Production Workloads at 31,000 Customer Sites
Better
Source: Comparative VM Load Analysis; Query Report 2012A67; Solitaire Interglobal, LTD.; September 2012
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Power Enterprise Pools Lower Costs

A
Before
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After
Planned maintenance
Failover clusters
Rebalance capacity
Server migration
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Higher utilization
Fewer core based software licenses, smaller

data center footprint
Less on-going
tuning
More productive staff
Enterprise Pools
Ability to more fully utilize investments and

lower product lifecycle management costs
Power Reliability and Availability Strategy

Avoid
errors by
design
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Make soft
errors
harmless
Let
hardware
take care of
hardware
Focus on
planned and
unplanned
outages
Soft or Transient Errors

Alpha Particles
Cosmic Rays
Electronic Noise
Burst of
electric
charge
Soft errors can change the values of data in memory or logic

Cannot be resolved by replacing parts
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Avoid Errors by Design

Stacked Latches
IBM patented design holds data
on-chip making it less likely to have a
fault due to radiated energy
Embedded eDRAM Cache

IBM patented design improves on-chip
cache density and reduces soft errors
On-Chip Controller
Dedicated on-chip processor
improves reliability of energy
management
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Silicon on Insulator
IBM patented design improves chip
performance and reduces soft errors
First Failure Data Capture

Error
Injection
Core
Design-time
Caches
Service
Processor
Run-time
Repair-time
Memory
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Fault Isolation
Registers
Make Soft Errors Harmless

Core
On-chip
Cache
Controller
Bus
L4 Cache
Memory
Cache
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ECC
Retry
L1 parity/reload
L2, L3, L4 cache
Cache directories
Chipkill memory
Memory controller
Memory buffer
Core instruction
PCIe controller
CRC with Retry / Recalibration

Memory bus
Fabric bus
PCI Enhanced Recovery
eDRAM
PCIe bus and slots
L3/L4 cache
Dynamic Beam Experiment

IBM POWER 780
20 billion high-energy
protons directed at a
Power 780 server
Beam
Simulated equivalent of 1 million years of execution
Generated over 26,000 soft errors in an 8 hour period

Mean time to failure for soft errors of over 330,000 years
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Memory Availability Needs are Growing

Growing number of cores per socket
Increasing memory exploitation
Greater need for memory availability
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Let Hardware Take Care of Hardware

Spare
DRAM chips
Spare
fabric lanes
P8
Spare
memory bus lanes
P8
Memory sparing (CoD)

Cache
Cache
Hypervisor mirroring
(E870/E880/E850)
Spare L2/L3 cache columns
L2/L3 cache line delete
L4 persistent fault handling
Alternate core recovery

Core sparing (CoD)
Redundant I/O adapters, I/O drawers, I/O drawer links, Virtual I/O Servers
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Sparing and Alternate Processor Recovery

Integrated
virtualization
allows
transparent
changes to
physical
resources
AIX
IBM i
PowerVM Integrated Hypervisor
Processor
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Linux
Memory
I/O
Bus/Lane
Dynamic Predictive Deallocation
Single
Core Deallocation
Logical Memory
Block Deallocation
De-allocate only if necessary

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Mitigate Extent of Failure

VM
1
VM
2
VM
3
Uncorrectable
Memory
Special Uncorrectable
Error Handling
Core Contained
Checkstop
Last line of defense in availability strategy

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Resilient Enough To Survive An Earthquake

IBM Tokyo
datacenter after an
8.9 earthquake in
March of 2011
No loss of service or
need to switch to the
DR site.
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POWER8 Reduces Planned Outages

Diagnostics and Reporting
Packaged for Service
Color coded parts

Light path LEDs
Tool-less or simple tool
Flexible service processor

First failure data capture
Extensive error logging
Service focal point
Call home
Concurrent Maintenance
Hot swap I/O, fans, power
supplies, disks
System firmware (PowerVM)
Many AIX fixes
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Capacity on Demand
Concurrent activation of memory
and cores
Enterprise pools
Soft Reset Reduces Planned Outages

Power on Reset Engine
PowerVM
Core initiation values can

be dynamically reset
Allows more firmware
updates to be done
concurrently
Re-boot
Individual
Core
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AIX Stability Reduces Planned Outages

Year 1
TL
SP
SP
SP
Year 2
SP
TL
Year 3
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
Technology Level - New features, new device support, cumulative fixes

Service Pack - New device support, cumulative fixes
Common to patch only

1-2 times per year
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Lower cost, risk, and

outages
2015 ITIC Global Server Reliability Report

Category
Best Tier 1 Unplanned Downtime
(Under 1 hour)
(1 to 4 hours)
(Greater than 4 Hours)
Best Non z Systems Result

IBM Power
IBM Power
IBM Power (a)
Best Virtualization Reliability
IBM PowerVM
Best OS Planned Downtime
IBM AIX
Most Secure Server OS
IBM AIX
77% of AIX administrators rarely or never reboot their servers

( Compared to 49% for Solaris (SPARC) and 45% for Windows 2008 )
Sources: http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1446127681_768.html
(a) Lenovo x86 was the only x86 platform that achieved a tie with IBM Power for unplanned down time > 4 Hours
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2015 ITIC Report Security in the Cloud

IBM
54%
Microsoft
48%
SAP
47%
Cisco
45%
VMware
44%
HP
42%
Dell
40%
Salesforce
35%
Amazon
Google
Oracle
30%
24%
21%
In 2015, which vendors provide the most comprehensive security products,

services and security strategy for the cloud? (Select ALL that apply)
Sources: http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1446127681_768.html
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Security Breaches
The average cost of a data breach is $3.8M
Source: Ponemon Institute LLC 2015, 2015 Cost of Data Breach Study: Global Analysis
A typical security attack goes unnoticed for nearly 8 months

Source: https://www.mandiant.com/news/release/mandiant-releases-annual-threat-report-onadvanced-targeted-attacks1/
42% of security breaches are caused by configuration errors

Source: IBM Security Services Cyber Security Intelligence Index, 7/2013
Mobile phone based malware grew by 2,577% in 2012

Source: http://www.imsm.com/us/news/bizarre-facts-information-security/
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Security Incidents May Dwarf All Others

Security Incidents by Attack Type 2012 to 2014
2012
2013
2014
Size of circle estimates relative impact of incident in terms of cost to business

SQL Injection
Spear Fishing
DDoS
3rd Party SW
Malware
XSS
Watering hole
Undisclosed
Physical
Source: IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Quarterly 1Q 2015

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Six Keys to Improving Security

Part of the
DNA
Real-Time
Monitoring and
Analytics
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Granular
Authorization
Defense in
Depth
Configuration and
Human Errors
Audit, Log, and
Compliance
Security is Part of the DNA of PowerVM
HMC
PowerVM Hypervisor
Independent HMC users
Hardware enforced isolation
Digitally signed Hypervisor
ZERO PowerVM reported

vulnerabilities or exposures
No user logins in Hypervisor
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AIX Security Examples

IP filters
Open SSH / Secure FTP
IPsec
VPN support
AIX Security Expert

Centralized settings
AIX
AIX
AIX
File permission
manager
POWER8 in-core
encryption
Domain based
access control lists
Trusted execution
Multi Level Security
Auditing
Encrypted file system
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Power Security and Compliance (PowerSC)

VLAN membership monitoring
Secure live partition mobility
Trusted
firewall1
Security and compliance 1

Real-time compliance
VIOS
Trusted
logging
AIX
AIX
Patch level monitoring
Trusted boot
1. Also available for Linux

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Hardware self
healing
Fewer outages. Less business impact as a

result of an outage
Fewer planned
outages
More uptime, happier users
Broad security
capabilities
Enables lowers business risk, avoids cost of

security event
Compliance
features
Easier enforcement and auditing of security

policies
Open Ecosystem
72
Leverage Broad Open Ecosystem

Open
Platform
Open System
Software
Linux and
Open Cloud
Management
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Chip No Longer Driving Price Improvements
Price Performance ($/SIR)
100
Processors
Semiconductor
Technology
10
1
2004
2006
2008
2 socket systems
74
2010
2012
2014
2016
Moores Law
System Stack Innovations Are Required
Price Performance ($/SIR)
100
10
1
2004
2006
2008
2 socket systems
75
2010
Workload accelerators
Advanced memories
Optimized system design
Custom system-on-chip
System software integration
Processors
Cloud deployment
2012
2014
2016
Moores Law
OpenPOWER: 147 Members at All Layers

System / Software
Integration
I/O / Storage
Acceleration
Boards
Systems
Chip /
SOC
Implementation /
HPC /
Research
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Workload Accelerators
Workload
Accelerator
Cost of moving work

off-processor vs. benefit
Lower latency and higher
bandwidth increases use cases
Memory
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How Workload Accelerators Work

Application
Off-loaded Logic
Processor Logic
FPGA or GPU
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POWER8
Workload Accelerators and Power

Field
Programmable
Gate Array
Graphics
Processing
Unit
Reconfigurable hardware
1000s of simple cores
Task customized, low latency,

low power
High bandwidth, floating

point, and parallelism
Example
Use Cases
Compression, encryption,
high speed streaming,
search, Monte Carlo
simulations
Deep neural networks,

speech recognition,
chemistry, simulations, JAVA,
Hadoop, graphics
Power Chip
Integration
Coherent Accelerator
Processor Interface (CAPI)
NVIDA via PCIe x16

NVIDIA NVLink (SOD*)
Description
*All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only.
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Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface
PCI
CAPI
PCI
Non-CAPI
Off-Chip
Accelerator
80
Core
P8
Core
Memory
Memory
FPGA
w/CAPI
Accelerator
CAPI Lowers Flash Latency

Traditional
PCIe
Drivers
Traditional
PCIe
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POWER8
20,000
Instructions
CAPI
CAPI
Device
< 500
Instructions
PCIe Gen3
Electricals
IBM Data Engine for NoSQL CAPI Application

Reduced server
footprint with in-memory
consolidation
Up to 3x lower cost per
user
IBM Power S822L

CAPI-attached FPGA
Up to 24x infrastructure
consolidation savings vs.
x86 for in-memory data
82
FlashSystem 840
Ubuntu Linux
Redis software
Power Systems and NVIDIA GPU Roadmap

NVIDIA GPU
NVIDIA GPU with NVLink
80 GB/s
Peak*
PCIe x16
32 GB/s
Power Chip
with NVLink*
Power Chip
2015
2016*
*All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only.
83
Programming Ease Will Help Drive Adoption

CUDA
NVIDIA
GPU
NVIDIA
specific
API
84
OpenCL
Multi-Core
CPU
FPGA
GPU
Open-standards cross-platform
API and ecosystem for
heterogeneous parallel applications
Open System
Software
POWER7
Scale-Out
POWER7
Enterprise
POWER8
Scale-Out
POWER8
Enterprise
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Linux only
Servers
Integrated
Facility for
Linux
Linux only
Servers
Integrated
Facility for
Linux
70 PVU IBM
Software
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
KVM
Hypervisor
No
No
Yes
No
Linux
Support
Hardware
Offering
85
Linux and
Little Endian Support Simplifies Linux Porting

Big Endian
4
86
Little Endian
4,861
Most significant digit

IBM z Systems
IBM Power Systems
Networking
Least significant digit

Intel x86
IBM POWER8
IBM POWER8
AIX and IBM i

SLES11
RHEL 7.1
SLES12
RHEL 7.1
Ubuntu 14.04 / 14.10
Open Cloud
Management
87
Participation
More than 23,000 members with support

from 516 companies
Interoperability
Allows mixed Hypervisor and OS

environments
Competition
Members are driving innovation which

will lower costs
Momentum
OpenStack is expected to do in 5 years

what Linux did in 15 years
Open Comprehensive Cloud API Stack

Compute
Block storage
Identity
Bare metal
Object storage
Database
Network
Image service
Measurement
Dashboard
Orchestration
More.
Open Cloud APIs
88
89
Open hardware
platform
More options, lower costs, better

performance
CAPI
Better performance at lower cost
IBM Data Engine

for NoSQL
Fewer servers, lower TCA, and lower

on-going maintenance
Open system
software
Reduced requirement for skill specialization,

less vendor lock-in, easier app porting
Cloud and Ease of Use
90
Power Cloud Automation and Ease of Use
Cloud
Management
Virtualization
Management
Platform
Management
91
Hardware Management Console

VM
Templates
One-Touch
VIOS Deploy
VM
VIOS
VM
PowerVM
92
Enhanced GUI
Performance monitoring
Remote restart
Event management
PowerVC 1.3 Virtualization Management

VM placement policies
Dynamic Resource Optimization
IP address pools
Shared
Processor
Pools
Host
Groups
Linux
IBM i
AIX
PowerVM
Image
management
and cloning
93
Multi-disk support
Storage Pools
PowerVM
Remote Restart
System Evacuation
IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack
Self service portal

Create, start, stop, move, resize, and delete VMs
Billing and metering
Approval process
Tenant management
Easily deploy VMs on POWER, x86,

or z/VM in minutes
Deploy in as little as 4-clicks
94
On-Premise
IaaS Cloud
IBM Cloud Software: Built on OpenStack

IBM Cloud Manager and IBM Cloud Orchestrator
OpenStack APIs
vCenter
PowerVC
z Drivers
ESX
PowerVM
z/VM
Hyper-V
Power
KVM
Storage
Network
x86
KVM
95
Trade-Off Between Cost and Quality
Toyota
96
Lexus
Trade-Off Between Cost and Quality
Toyota
Lexus
What if they cost the same?

97
What if They Cost the Same?
x86
98
Power
Power Cloud: Low Cost of Acquisition

Linux on Ivy Bridge
vs.
Linux on POWER8
Server list price*

-3-year warranty, on-site
Virtualization
- 2 sockets, 3 yr. 9x5 sub./supp.
Linux OS list price

- RHEL, 2 sockets, unlimited guests,
9x5, 3 yr. sub./ supp.
Dell PowerEdge
R720
HP ProLiant
DL380 G8
IBM Power
822L
2.7 GHz 24-core
2.7 GHz 24-core
3.4 GHz 20-core
$21,300
$22,763
$22,382
$12,605
$14,068
$14,895
$2,998
$ 2,998
$2,998
KVM for Red Hat on x86 (RHEV)
KVM for Red Hat on x86 (RHEV)
KVM for Linux on Power

(PowerKVM)
$5,697
$5,697
$4,489
Red Hat subscription and Red

Hat support
Red Hat subscription and Red

Hat support
Red Hat subscription and IBM

support
* Based on US pricing for Power S822L announcing on April 28, 2014 matching configuration table above. Source: hp.com, dell.com, vmware.com
99
Low-Touch Automation Lowers Cost

Value of cloud
Rapid time to value
Lower cost
POWER8 allows
Greater ability to mix unpredictable workloads
Better performance at high utilization
Less tuning
100
101
POWER8 scaleout servers
Lower hardware and software costs
OpenStack API
support
Multi-platform, multi-vendor cloud

capabilities
Low-touch
automation
Faster time to value, lower cost, less tuning
POWER8 Announcement Summary
Open Innovation to
put data to work
Optimized for Data

Open Ecosystem
POWER8
102
Ease of Use and Cloud

Economics
Backup Slides
103
Links
Power Technology for a Smarter Future Jeffrey Stuecheli Power Hardware
Architect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx6PD2rKi0o
2014 05 22 Linux on Power
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mUfvyhBjm0
39 PowerKVM Deep Dive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug5rr1WYttg
2014 10 30 Fall Power8
Announcementhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4K5UVqUplw&feature=y
outu.be
POWER8 Scale-Out: Speedy and Scalable Cache

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INGrcUn5lD0&feature=youtu.be
104
Links
IBM Goes Deep for Big Data with POWER8 Open Server
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsZ960wYZP4
POWER8 S824 Quick Look Around, Nigel Griffiths
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCW8-DNzmHA
POWER8 Enterprise - Power E870 First Look
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOzPTopt7HE
Cloud Magic! Ubuntu on IBM Power Systems with POWER8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv3wPlqrWsA
Innovations with POWER8, Jeff Steucheli, STG Hardware Architect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7jER3Q8V54
KVM on IBM POWER8 machines by Paul Mackerras
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9XfXlw_DqM
105
Links
Chef and POWER8: Serving up Linux workload management
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCWXb2iqNXg
Infor: Enabling Client Success on the POWER8 Platform
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXEUdXa0kOo
SugarCRM and POWER8: Performance and scalability for global CRM
solutions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYTIYOQFwIQ
EnterpriseDB: Performance and cost savings with POWER8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bjAWCGGRDE
SkySQL: Delivering mission-critical database applications on POWER8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQQmZG-boPU
A journey through the open innovation of POWER8 and IBM Power Systems
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZyXc12J6FA
106
Links
2013 12 19 PowerVC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfU5M97ZMJY
PowerVC Initial Thoughts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DngP6NH5vLA
PowerVC Part 2 - Look Around the GUI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxCd59JkoDw
PowerVC Part 3 - Config V7000, SAN, Network & Servers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jom4pqppxas
PowerVC Part 4 - Virtual Machine Capture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba-6cEJqu-o
PowerVC Part 5 - Deploy to a new Virtual Machine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzNvzCnIZME
107
Links
What Power8 Means to Me - Kyle Foster
(You have to speak Canadian to understand this video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCDKON2bB20
Is the x86 architecture really the best choice? Discover IBM Power Systems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDJSssGp9O8
The IBM POWER8 processor and IBM Power Systems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awZq8t_sw3Q
IBM i and POWER8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96u3GaOzSy0
IBM Linux on Power - Backed by the Linux community
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYyX3QlhIAc
Corent Technology: Building a SaaS platform on POWER8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwo34swU81k
108
Links
IBM Power Systems + POWER8 for Big Data, Cloud and Mobile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31IA7xqlXNI
Boost your Linux with IBM Power
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaGIBF4rwn8
Leaders in Linux: Doug Balog, GM, Power Systems, IBM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIJ_pNQ8Ars
OpenPOWER Foundation Overview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlXfhjRRj7o
Big Redis on POWER8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh8cqzFpxCE
Mellanox and POWER8: Performance for the largest Big Data workloads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfghppl2CVo
109
Links
IBM Power Systems Enterprise Pools: Greater flexibility, availability and
control for your business
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf8L2m4MT-k
Linux, Cloud, and Next Generation Workloads - Brad McCredie, IBM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GutsOg8Vyk
IBM PowerVC 1.2 Overview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFTbC6JW7YE
PowerVC Introduction and Configuration - Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3IAEqVtIGU
PowerVC Introduction and configuration - Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoHCplS6yos
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Other Links
Park Nicollet Health Services: Epic on Power Systems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQwFfPX2KdY
Nvidia/IBM to Build Two Coral 100+ Petaflop Supercomputers in 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ACTJbpe1Ww
POWER8 Enterprise E870 from experience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u5aSEt6spw
Power Systems: Open Innovation to Put Data to Work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpM0KdMjk8s
part1 The basics of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for IBM Power Platform
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5n4MoOC_20
part 2 Advanced Virtual Machines features Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
for IBM Power Platform
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOanROup0LY
111
Other Links
IBM Power Systems security and compliance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLxolzOCAq8
22 PowerSC Overview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WQa3Y_GMsc
Is the x86 architecture really the best choice? Discover IBM Power Systems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDJSssGp9O8
MariaDB and IBM POWER8 - the perfect match for ultimate performance and
lower TCO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DpCSmrhPVM
MariaDB (like MySQL) - 10 Linux on POWER Killer Apps for AIX People
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4eX_4Jvfz4
POWER8 Temperature & Watts from FSP using wbemcli
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsKE1Vg7PPg
112
Other Links
HMC 8.2 new GUI A: VM Properties and DLPAR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbxZKqBFJj0
HMC 8.2 new GUI B: VM Properties and DLPAR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovNlYMqts8w
The Next Chapter in IBM and SAP Innovation: Doug Balog announces SAP
HANA on POWER8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_tV2uDGniU
2015 Power Systems, Advanced Technology Support, Europe/EMEA
http://w3.aixncc.uk.ibm.com/654V/pmwiki.php
POWER8 Claims and Proof Points
https://w3connections.ibm.com/communities/service/html/community/bookmarks?co
mmunityUuid=31ea8016-5fdf-4764-9103-398c47b09aa2
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Virtual HMC
Power
HMC
V8.8.4
Same functionality as
traditional HMC
x86 64-bit with Intel VT-x

or AMD-V
4 CPU, 8 GB memory,
160 GB disk, 2 NIC
VMware ESXi or Red Hat KVM
Mix HW and virtual HMC

License plus SWMA
POWER6
114
POWER7
POWE8
Power - Continuous System Innovation
2004
2007
2010
2014
POWER5/5+
130/90 nm
POWER6/6+
65/65 nm
POWER7/7+
45/32 nm
POWER8
22 nm
64 cores
4TB memory
Micro-partitioning
Virtual I/O
Unified POWER
virtualization
2-way SMT
On-chip memory
controller
115
8-core chips
8TB memory
Larger L2
Up to 5.0 GHz
On-chip L3
controller
Dynamic CPU
sparing
Partition mobility
Storage keys
256 cores
16TB memory
8-core chips
80 MB on-chip
eDRAM L3 cache
4-way SMT
Enterprise pools
Hypervisor memory
mirroring
Spare DRAMs
12-core chips
8-way SMT
CAPI
Over 19MB cache
per core
Transactional
memory
Multi-path
interconnect
PCIe Gen3
On-chip controller
POWER8 Optimized for Data

Systems of
Record
116
Systems of
Insight
Systems of
Engagement
Systems of Engagement
Competitive advantage
Anytime, anywhere
Untrusted devices
Exposes internal IT
117
Systems of Record
Core to business
Update transactional
High volume
Secure
118
Systems of Insight
Competitive advantage
Ubiquitous
Large data footprint

Unpredictable
119
Parallel Workloads
Systems of Insight
Systems of Engagement
120
Cloud Computing
Rapid time to value and lower cost
Dynamic, unpredictable workloads
Multi-tenant
Open API driven
121
The API Economy
Faster time to value
Greater flexibility
Topology insulation
Lower cost
Open Cloud APIs Will Benefit Cloud Deployments
122
Open Cloud APIs and Services Benefit Clients
Cloud Foundry
OpenStack
Virtualized
resources
allows more
seamless
changes
Virtual
Compute
Open
Modular Design
123
Virtual
Storage
Vendor
Interoperability
Virtual
Network
Rapidly Growing
Rich Feature Set
PowerVC Virtualization Management: Today

Controller
OpenStack
OpenStack
OpenStack
Nova
Nova
Nova
One Nova copy per

PowerVM instance
HMC
VIOS
LPARs
124
VIOS
LPARs
VIOS
LAPRs
PowerVM PHYP
PowerVM PHYP
PowerVM PHYP
Service Processor
Service Processor
Service Processor
PowerVC Virtualization Management: NovaLink

Controller
Supports more VMs

Uniform for PowerVM and PowerKVM
Simplifies use by other OpenStack
managers
HMC not used for VM management
VIOS
LPARs
125
NovaLink
OpenStack
Nova
VIOS
LPARs
NovaLink
OpenStack
Nova
VIOS
LAPRs
NovaLink
OpenStack
Nova
PowerVM PHYP
PowerVM PHYP
PowerVM PHYP
Service Processor
Service Processor
Service Processor
POWER8 Four Level Cache Design
Mem
Mem
L4
L1
L1
L1
L1
L1
L1
L2
L2
L2
L2
L2
L2
L4
L4
Mem
L4
Mem
L4
Mem
L4
Mem
Shared eDRAM L3
Mem
Mem
126
L4
L4
L2
L2
L2
L2
L2
L2
L1
L1
L1
L1
L1
L1
Industry Standard Benchmarks

Publish for a reason
Biggest result
Lowest cost
Efficiency
Mandated
Need an opponent
Expensive to run
127
Real Workloads Benefit from Large Caches
Ejected
New
Cache
Multiple Working Sets
128
Industry Benchmarks Dont Stress Caches
Cache
Single Working Set
129
POWER8 Delivers 2.5x Performance on Hadoop

2.5x the performance of the best
published x86 system on TeraSort
Exploits cores, threads, larger
caches, and more memory
bandwidth
TeraSort is a Hadoop benchmark
Sorts a 10 TB dataset in parallel
Exercises the Map-reduced
framework and Hadoop File System
Relative System Performance

3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
POWER8
Cisco
IBM Analytics Stack: IBM Power System S822L; 24 cores / 192 threads, POWER8; 3.0GHz, 512 GB memory, RHEL 6.5, InfoSphere BigInsights 3.0
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns944/le_tera.pdf
130
Hadoop TeraSort Benchmark

1.4
1.27
GB / Core / Minute
1.2
1
0.8
0.73
0.75
1.7X
Best Result
Cloudera
Apache
Hadoop
BigInsights
SGI
Xeon E5-2630-v2
24 nodes
288 cores
10 TB
Cisco
Xeon E5-2665
16 nodes
256 cores
10 TB
IBM POWER8
S822L
8 nodes
192 cores
10 TB
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
Cisco: http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/solutions/collateral/borderless-networks/advanced-services/le_tera.pdf
SGI: http://www.sgi.com/pdfs/4440.pdf
IBM: POWER8 with BigInsights was tested in IBM laboratories
131
SAP S&D 2-Tier Benchmark (per Core)
132
Processor and Memory Affinity

Local
Near
Far
POWER8
Cores
POWER8
Cores
POWER8
Cores
Cache
Cache
Cache
Memory
Memory
Memory
PowerVM Dynamic Platform Optimizer

133
Processor Folding Increases Throughput

No Folding
Processor Folding
4 Active Virtual Processors
2 Active and 2 Available

Virtual Processors
VP
VP
VP
VP
Allows for growth but

increases dispatch overhead
134
VP
VP
VP
VP
Allows for growth and

decreases dispatch overhead
PowerVM Workload Management

High Priority Work
Workload Metrics
Total Throughput: 14.42M
135
Mix High and Low Priority Work
10.2%
Reduction
High Priority Metrics

Total Throughput: 12.95M
Competitive Hypervisor Workload Management

High Priority Work
Workload Metrics
Total Throughput: 6.8 M
136
Mix High and Low Priority Work
34.1%
Reduction
High Priority Metrics

Total Throughput: 4.48 M
PowerVM Can Lower Software Costs
By Virtual Processor
Pay by quantity of defined
virtual processors
By Capped Sub-Pool
Pay by the size of the sub-pool
Pay close to actual
Pay for the possible
137
Core Based Software Licensing Models
Number
of
Physical
Cores
Entire Machine
Pay for all cores
Socket size affects
software costs
Work that needs the
whole machine
138
2 VP
Capped Pool
2 VP
VM
VM
2 VP
VM
VM
Sub-Capacity
Sum of defined virtual
processors
Capped Pool
Pay for pool size
Each VM has a cap
Each VM can scale to

the pool size
Work that peaks at the

same time
Work that peaks at

different times
Power Threading Can Lower Software Costs
139
Core
Core
Core
Core
Core
Core
Core
Core
Core
Core
8 Cores, 8 Threads
2 Cores, 8 Threads
8 Licenses
2 Licenses
POWER8 Greater On-Chip Bandwidth

Semiconductor technology
Lower layers used for circuit
interconnect
Top layers used for power
distribution, clocks, off-chip signaling
Intel Haswell 11 layers

IBM POWER8 15 layers
Remaining layers form high-speed
on-chip highway system
2X wires per transistor over Haswell
140
Power Lowers Core Based Software Costs

Base license affected by
Core
Core
Cost per core

Number of cores
Maintenance
Util %
Usually % of base license
>
All-you-can-eat license
Util %
True-up / new contract
Bigger core
High utilization
141
Large Servers Can Run at Higher Utilization

Single Application
(2 CPUs)
Single Application Server (2 CPUs)
142
64 Applications
(38 CPUs)
64 to 1 Consolidation (36 CPUs)
80%
80%
70%
70%
60%
60%
50%
50%
40%
40%
30%
30%
20%
20%
10%
10%
0%
0%
Physical Scale-Out Can Trap Capacity

A
Common paradigm
Low or inconsistent results
143
Fixed ratio of
resources
Integrated Facility for Linux

IFL Benefits
IFL Includes
Substantial savings on hardware

and PowerVM support for Linux
only workloads
POWER8
Model
IFL
Price
4 Core activations
32 GB memory activations
No Cost
PowerVM
License
PowerVM
SWMA per IFL
1 Year 24x7
Power E880/E870
$8,591
All Cores
$300
Power E850
$4,164
IFL Cores
$300
Note: All prices shown are US list prices and are subject to change without notice
144
Linux on Power: Lower IBM Software Costs

70 Processor Value Units
Same as 2-socket servers
Enterprise Power
advantage
Linux
Linux
Linux
PowerVM
Power Hardware
145
IBM Linux Technology Centers

600 developers in over 100 open
source projects to improve Linux
500+ IBM Linux SW products
Work with industry organizations to
expand the use of Linux
Germany
Israel
China
United States
India
Brazil
Australia
146
Power Systems Linux Centers

Tailored customer briefings
Linux porting and optimization
POWER8 parallel processing and
virtualization assistance
ISV and business partner workshops
Montpellier,
France
Austin, TX
147
New York,
NY
Beijing, China
Tokyo, Japan
Linux Support on POWER8 Models

S812 L
S822 L
S824 L
S814 / S822
S824
Big Endian - Red Hat Linux 6.5 and updates
X (opt)
X (opt)
Big Endian - Red Hat Linux 7 and updates
X (opt)
X (opt)
X (opt)
X (opt)
X (opt)
X (opt)
X (opt)
X (opt)
X (opt)
Little Endian - Red Hat Linux 7.1 and updates
X (opt)
X (opt)
X (opt)
X (opt)
X (opt)
Linux Distribution (Big Endian / Little Endian)
S812 LC
S822 LC
S850
S870
S880
RED HAT LINUX

X
SUSE LINUX
Big Endian SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 and updates
Big Endian SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 and updates
Little Endian SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 and updates
X (opt)
X
X (opt)
X (opt)
X (opt)
X (opt)
UBUNTU LINUX
Little Endian Ubuntu 14.04
X (opt)
Little Endian Ubuntu 14.04.2
X (opt)
X (opt)
X (opt)
X (opt)
X (opt)
X (opt)
X (opt)
X (opt)
Little Endian Ubuntu 14.04.3
X (opt) - This version is optimized for POWER8 technology

148
X (opt)
Big Endian byte order support
Little Endian byte order support

Hypervisor Support on POWER8 Models

S812 L
S822 L
S824 L
S814
S822
S824
PowerVM
PowerKVM
PowerVM
PowerKVM
Linux / Hypervisor Distribution
S812 LC
S822 LC
S850
S870
S880
RED HAT LINUX
SUSE LINUX
UBUNTU LINUX
PowerVM
PowerKVM
149
Supported POWER8 Features for Linux

POWER8 Feature Description
RHEL
6.0 to 6.6
RHEL
7 and up
SUSE
11 and up
SUSE
12.0
Ubuntu
14
Active Memory Data Deduplication
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Active memory sharing
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Dynamic logical partitioning (DLPAR) I/O adapter add/remove
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
DLPAR memory add
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
DLPAR memory remove
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
DLPAR processor add/remove
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
64 KB huge pages support

Dynamic simultaneous multi-threading (SMT) enable/disable
YES
Event-based branching for Java optimization on POWER8
YES
GNU Debugger (GDB) VSYES and decimal floating point support
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Live Partition Mobility
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Memory resilience
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Micropartitions 20 VMs per core
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
N-Port ID virtualization
YES
YES
YES
YES
Shared storage pools
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Static multithreading (SMT8)

TCPIP acceleration for Host Ethernet Adapter (HEA)
YES
YES
YES
YES
Thin provisioning
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Hardware transactional memory
Virtual Tape
150
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Windows Server to Linux Server Function

Windows Function
Linux Counterpart (1)
Description of basic function
vsftpd, pure-ftpd
FTP services
IIS,, Apache
Apache, Engine-X, lighttpd
Web services
DNS Services
BIND, PowerDNS, djbdns
Domain name services
Kerberos, Heimdal
User/Group authentication services
Citadel, zimbra, Open-Xchange
Groupware (e-mail, documents, etc.)
Firefox, Konqueror, Epiphany, Opera
Web browser services
SAMBA
File and Print services
Gnomemeeting (Ekiga)
Web conferencing services
OpenOffice, GNOME Office, Libre
Desktop office services
ClamAV, AVG Antivirus, Avast Home
Antivirus services
Kontact, Evolution, Thunderbird
Email client services
KnowledgeTree
Document sharing, editing, management
Guarddog, Firestarter, GUFW, iptables
Firewall services
IIS, FileZilla FTP Client & Server
Domain User Authentication

Microsoft Exchange
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Microsoft Windows Folder and Print sharing
Microsoft Netmeeting
Microsoft Office
Norton McAfee Anitvirus
Outlook Express
Sharepoint
ZoneAlarm , Sygate SPF
For additional details on Linux alternatives to Windows based functions see the following:
http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html
http://www.linuxalt.com/
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoftwareEquivalents
(1) Does not include all possible options available for Linux (just the most common)
151
POWER8 Endian Support

Big-Endian
Little-Endian
AIX 6.1, AIX 7.1
N/A
IBM i
IBM i 7.1, IBM i 7.2
N/A
SUSE
SLES11
SLES12
RHEL 6.5 - RHEL 7.0,

RHEL 7.1
RHEL 7.1
N/A
Ubuntu 14.04 / 14.10
AIX
Red Hat
Canonical
PowerVM
Mixed endian LPAR support as of FW8.30
PowerKVM
Mixed endian guest support as of 10/2014
Note: See IBM documentation for specific OS/Hypervisor release support information
152
Power Virtualization Center (PowerVC)

Place, deploy, move, change, and capture VMs
Resource pooling
Built on OpenStack
AIX, Linux, IBM i
153
PowerVC Image Deploy
154
PowerVM Flexibility Lowers Costs
Cores
Memory
I/O
Dedicated
155
Shared
Relative SMT4 Performance

3650
2978
1852
1600
1380
729
p770+
p780+
p795
p795
E870
E880
64 core
3.8 GHz
128 core
3.72 GHz
128 core
4.25 GHz
256 core
4.0 GHz
80 core
4.19 GHz
192 core
4.0 GHz
Source: IBM rperfs, http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/reports/system_perf.html

156
Relative Performance
3906
2978
1852
1712
1380
729
p770+
p780+
p795
p795
E870
E880
64 core
3.8 GHz
128 core
3.72 GHz
128 core
4.25 GHz
256 core
4.0 GHz
80 core
4.19 GHz
192 core
4.0 GHz
Source: IBM rperfs, http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/reports/system_perf.html

157
To Other Enclosures
E870 or
E880
25.6 GB/s
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
MEM
CDIMM
CDIMM
P8
PCIe
PCIe
SMP
SMP
PCIe
CDIMM
PCIe
CDIMM
P8
MEM
CDIMM
CDIMM
SMP
MEM
CDIMM
SMP
MEM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
76.8 GB/s
28.8 GB/s
CDIMM
CDIMM
MEM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
PCIe Gen3 x16
PCIe Gen3 x16
PCIe Gen3 x16
PCIe Gen3 x16
PCIe Gen3 x16
PCIe Gen3 x16
PCIe Gen3 x16
Clock
Interface
Power
to SCU
PCIe Gen3 x16
To Service
Processor
158
CDIMM
CDIMM
15.75 GB/s
SCU Card
To Clock
MEM
PCIe
PCIe
CDIMM
Power
to SCU
CDIMM
P8
PCIe
CDIMM
PCIe
CDIMM
P8
MEM
CDIMM
CDIMM
SMP
SMP
CDIMM
SMP
MEM
CDIMM
SMP
CDIMM
SCU Card
To Service
Processor
Clock
Interface
To Clock
E850
POWER8
Dual-Chip
Module 2
CDIMMs
CDIMMs
CPU Planar
POWER8
Dual-Chip
Module 3
x16
x16
POWER8
Dual-Chip
Module 0
PCIe Gen3 x16

PCIe Gen3 x16
RAID Backplane
Storage
Backplane
8 SFF
4 SSD
SAS CTL
RAID #1
DVD
159
SAS CTL
RAID #2
POWER8
Dual-Chip
Module 1
Service Processor
2 x 1 GE, 1 x Serial
2 x USB 2.0
x8
Op-panel
CDIMMs
x16
CDIMMs
x16
x16
x16
x8
PCIe Gen3 x16

PCIe Gen3 x16
x16
PCIe Gen3 x16
x16
PCIe Gen3 x16

PCIe Gen3 x8
x8
IO Planar
PCIe Gen3 x16

PCIe Gen3 x16
PCIe Gen3 x8
x8
PEX
PCIe Gen3 x8
4 USB 3.0
POWER8 E850
PCIe Gen3 x16

PCIe Gen3 x16
PCIe Gen3 x16

PCIe Gen3 x16
4 USB 3.0
PCIe Gen3 x8
PCIe Gen3 x8
PCIe Gen3 x16

PCIe Gen3 x16
SAS CTL 2 x8
SAS CTL 1 x8
PCIe Gen3 x16
PCIe Gen3 x8
PCIe Gen3 x16

160
PCIe Gen3
Switch
POWER8
DCM 3
POWER8
DCM 2
POWER8
DCM 1
POWER8
DCM 0
Mem
CTL
Mem
CTL
Mem
CTL
Mem
CTL
Mem
CTL
Mem
CTL
Mem
CTL
Mem
CTL
CDIMMs
CDIMMs
CDIMMs
CDIMMs
System
Planar
FSP, 2 HMC, Serial

12.8 GB/s
24 GB/s
x16
x16
x8
CDIMM
PCIe
CDIMM
x8
PCIe
PCIe
P8
CDIMM
CDIMM
PCIe
MEM
MEM
CDIMM
S824
2 Socket
P8
CDIMM
CDIMM
SMP
SMP
SMP
SMP
CDIMM
SMP
SMP
SMP
SMP
CDIMM
32 GB/s
CDIMM
CDIMM
P8
PCIe
CDIMM
x16
x8
PCIe
PCIe
x8
x16
CDIMM
CDIMM
PCIe
CDIMM
x8
PEX
PEX
x8
External SAS
PCIe Gen3 x8 C2
PCIe Gen3 x16 C3
PCIe Gen3 x8 C4
PCIe Gen3 x16 C5
PCIe Gen3 x16 C6
PCIe Gen3 x16 C7
USB
PCIe Gen3 x8 C8
PCIe Gen3 x8 C9
PCIe Gen3 x8 C10
PCIe Gen3 x8 C11
PCIe Gen3 x8 C12
SAS 2
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
DVD
P8
SAS 1
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
MEM
MEM
CDIMM
With the EJ0N and EJ0S Split Backplane Feature

161
System
Planar
FSP, 2 HMC, Serial

24 GB/s
S824
1 Socket
x16
x8
CDIMM
PCIe
MEM
CDIMM
CDIMM
PCIe
P8
CDIMM
SMP
SMP
SMP
SMP
32 GB/s
CDIMM
MEM
CDIMM
CDIMM
P8
PCIe
CDIMM
x16
x8
PEX
PEX
x8
External SAS
PCIe Gen3 x16 C6
PCIe Gen3 x16 C7
USB
PCIe Gen3 x8 C8
PCIe Gen3 x8 C9
PCIe Gen3 x8 C10
PCIe Gen3 x8 C11
PCIe Gen3 x8 C12
SAS 2
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
DVD
x8
SAS 1
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
PCIe

162
S814
System
Planar
FSP, 2 HMC, Serial

24 GB/s
x16
x8
CDIMM
PCIe
MEM
CDIMM
CDIMM
PCIe
P8
CDIMM
SMP
SMP
SMP
SMP
32 GB/s
CDIMM
MEM
CDIMM
CDIMM
P8
PCIe
CDIMM
x16
x8
PEX
PEX
x8
External SAS
PCIe Gen3 x16 C6
PCIe Gen3 x16 C7
USB
PCIe Gen3 x8 C8
PCIe Gen3 x8 C9
PCIe Gen3 x8 C10
PCIe Gen3 x8 C11
PCIe Gen3 x8 C12
SAS 2
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
DVD
x8
SAS 1
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
PCIe

163
System
Planar
FSP, 2 HMC, Serial

12.8 GB/s
24 GB/s
x16
x16
x8
CDIMM
PCIe
CDIMM
PCIe
PCIe
P8
CDIMM
CDIMM
PCIe
MEM
MEM
CDIMM
S822
2 Socket
P8
CDIMM
CDIMM
SMP
SMP
SMP
SMP
CDIMM
SMP
SMP
SMP
SMP
CDIMM
32 GB/s
CDIMM
CDIMM
P8
PCIe
CDIMM
x16
x8
PCIe
PCIe
x8
x16
CDIMM
CDIMM
PCIe
CDIMM
x8
PEX
PEX
x8
External SAS
PCIe Gen3 x8 C2
PCIe Gen3 x16 C3
PCIe Gen3 x16 C5
PCIe Gen3 x16 C6
PCIe Gen3 x16 C7
USB
PCIe Gen3 x8 C9
PCIe Gen3 x8 C10
PCIe Gen3 x8 C11
PCIe Gen3 x8 C12
SAS 2
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
DVD
P8
SAS 1
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
MEM
MEM
CDIMM
With the EJ0T and EJ0V Split Backplane Feature

164
System
Planar
FSP, 2 HMC, Serial

24 GB/s
S822
1 Socket
x16
x8
CDIMM
PCIe
MEM
CDIMM
CDIMM
PCIe
P8
CDIMM
SMP
SMP
SMP
SMP
32 GB/s
CDIMM
MEM
CDIMM
CDIMM
P8
PCIe
CDIMM
x16
x8
PEX
PEX
x8
External SAS
PCIe Gen3 x16 C6
PCIe Gen3 x16 C7
USB
PCIe Gen3 x8 C9
PCIe Gen3 x8 C10
PCIe Gen3 x8 C11
PCIe Gen3 x8 C12
SAS 2
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
DVD
x8
SAS 1
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
PCIe
With the EJ0T and EJ0V Split Backplane Feature

165
S812L
System
Planar
FSP, 2 HMC, Serial

24 GB/s
x16
x8
CDIMM
PCIe
MEM
CDIMM
CDIMM
PCIe
P8
CDIMM
SMP
SMP
SMP
SMP
32 GB/s
CDIMM
MEM
CDIMM
CDIMM
P8
PCIe
CDIMM
x16
x8
PEX
PEX
x8
External SAS
PCIe Gen3 x16 C6
PCIe Gen3 x16 C7
USB
PCIe Gen3 x8 C9
PCIe Gen3 x8 C10
PCIe Gen3 x8 C11
PCIe Gen3 x8 C12
SAS 2
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
DVD
x8
SAS 1
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
PCIe
With the EL3T and EL3V Split Backplane Feature

166
S822L
System
Planar
FSP, 2 HMC, Serial

12.8 GB/s
24 GB/s
x16
x16
x8
CDIMM
PCIe
CDIMM
PCIe
PCIe
P8
CDIMM
CDIMM
PCIe
MEM
MEM
CDIMM
P8
CDIMM
CDIMM
SMP
SMP
SMP
SMP
CDIMM
SMP
SMP
SMP
SMP
CDIMM
32 GB/s
CDIMM
CDIMM
P8
PCIe
CDIMM
x16
x8
PCIe
PCIe
x8
x16
CDIMM
CDIMM
PCIe
CDIMM
x8
PEX
PEX
x8
External SAS
PCIe Gen3 x8 C2
PCIe Gen3 x16 C3
PCIe Gen3 x16 C5
PCIe Gen3 x16 C6
PCIe Gen3 x16 C7
USB
PCIe Gen3 x8 C9
PCIe Gen3 x8 C10
PCIe Gen3 x8 C11
PCIe Gen3 x8 C12
SAS 2
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
DVD
P8
SAS 1
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
MEM
MEM
CDIMM
With the EL3T and EL3V Split Backplane Feature

167
S822LC
GCA
RDIMMs
L4
L4
28.8 GBps
Each
L4
MEM
L4
L4
MEM
MEM
12.8 GBps Each
P8
PCIe
x16 x8
x8
Drive
Drive
PCIe Gen3 x16
PCIe Gen3 x16
PCIe Gen3 x8
PCIe Gen3 x16
PCIe Gen3 x8
Internal USB
L4
MEM
PCIe
x16
L4
P8
PCIe
PCIe
PCIe
PCIe
x8 x8
L4
SATA
Control
PLX
1 GbE
USB 3
VGA
USB 2
Serial
168
S822LC
GTA
RDIMMs
L4
L4
28.8 GBps
Each
L4
MEM
L4
L4
MEM
MEM
12.8 GBps Each
P8
PCIe
x16 x8
x8
Drive
Drive
PCIe Gen3 x16
NVIDIA GPU
PCIe Gen3 x8
NVIDIA GPU
PCIe Gen3 x8
Internal USB
L4
MEM
PCIe
x16
L4
P8
PCIe
PCIe
PCIe
PCIe
x8 x8
L4
SATA
Control
PLX
1 GbE
USB 3
VGA
USB 2
Serial
169
S812LC
DIMMs
L4
L4
L4
MEM
x16
PCIe Gen3 x8
PCIe Gen3 x8
PCIe Gen3 x16
PCIe Gen3 x8
Rear HDD
Mezzanine or
PCIe Controlled
PCIe
PCIe
PCIe
x8 x8
Optional
RAID
170
28.8 GBps Each
MEM
P8
Front HDD
PCIe Controlled
Optional
SATA
Mezzanine
L4
PLX
VGA
USB 1
Serial
USB 2
10/100 E
USB 3
Models S824 and S814 and S824L
P8 DCM0
PEX
x8
x8
PEX
SAS 1 - RAID
DVD
1 - 6 HDD or SDD
1 - 6 HDD or SSD
EJ0N backplane
171
Models S824 and S814
P8 DCM0
PEX
x8
x8
SAS 1 - RAID
PEX
SAS 2 - RAID
DVD
1 - 6 HDD or SDD
1 - 6 HDD or SSD
EJ0N with EJ0S split backplane feature

172
Models S824 and S814

External SAS
Slot P1-C9
EJ0P
backplane
P8 DCM0
PEX
x8
SAS 1
RAID w/Cache
x8
PEX
SAS 2
RAID w/Cache
1 - 8 SSD
DVD
1 - 18 HDD or SDD
173
Models S812L and S822L
P8 DCM0
PEX
x8
x8
PEX
SAS 1 - RAID
DVD
1 - 6 HDD or SDD
1 - 6 HDD or SSD
EL3T backplane
174
P8 DCM0
PEX
x8
x8
SAS 1 - RAID
PEX
SAS 2 - RAID
DVD
1 - 6 HDD or SDD
1 - 6 HDD or SSD
EL3T with EL3V split backplane feature

175

External SAS
Slot P1-C9
P8 DCM0
PEX
x8
SAS 1
RAID w/Cache
1 - 8 HDD or SDD
x8
PEX
SAS 2
RAID w/Cache
1 - 6 SSD
DVD
EL3U backplane
176
Model S822
P8 DCM0
PEX
x8
x8
PEX
SAS 1 - RAID
DVD
1 - 6 HDD or SDD
1 - 6 HDD or SSD
EJ0T backplane
177
Model S822
P8 DCM0
PEX
x8
x8
SAS 1 - RAID
PEX
SAS 2 - RAID
DVD
1 - 6 HDD or SDD
1 - 6 HDD or SSD
EJ0T with EJ0V split backplane feature

178
Model S822
External SAS
Slot P1-C9
P8 DCM0
PEX
x8
SAS 1
RAID w/Cache
1 - 8 HDD or SDD
x8
PEX
SAS 2
RAID w/Cache
1 - 6 SSD
DVD
EL0U backplane
179
I/O Drawer Support

Model
Per CEC Max
System Maximum
E880
4 CEC: 16
E870
2 CEC: 8
E850
N/A
2S: 2, 3S: 3, 4S: 4
S824
N/A
1S: 1, 2S: 2
S814
N/A
6/8 Core Models: 1
S822
N/A
1S: 1/2, 2S: 1
S824L (No GPU)
N/A
2S: 2
S812L
N/A
1S: 1/2
S822L
N/A
2S: 1
S812LC
N/A
S822LC GCA
N/A
S822LC GTA
N/A
S=Socket
180
E850 I/O Drawers

1, 2
3, 4
7, 8
9, 11
POWER8
#3
POWER8
#2
POWER8
#1
POWER8
#0
11
Left
Right
Fan-out Fan-out
Left
Right
Fan-out Fan-out
Left
Right
Fan-out Fan-out
Left
Right
Fan-out Fan-out
I/O Drawer
I/O Drawer
I/O Drawer
I/O Drawer
Slot Priorities E850
181
Two Processors
Three Processors
Four Processors
9, 7, 11, 8
9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3
9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1
2 Drawers Max
3 Drawers Max
4 Drawers Max
S824 I/O Drawers

1, 2, 3, 4
5, 6, 7, 8
POWER8
#1
POWER8
#0
Left
Right
Fan-out Fan-out
Left
Right
Fan-out Fan-out
I/O Drawer
I/O Drawer
Slot Priorities S824
182
One Processor
Two Processors
8, 6, 7, 5
2, 8, 4, 6, 1, 7, 3, 5
1 Drawer Max
2 Drawers Max
S814 I/O Drawers

5, 6, 7, 8
POWER8
#0
Left
Right
Fan-out Fan-out
I/O Drawer
One Processor
8, 6, 7, 5
1 Drawer Max
183
S822 I/O Drawers

1, 2, 3
4, 5, 6, 7, 8
4, 5, 6, 7, 8
POWER8
#1
POWER8
#0
POWER8
#0
Left
Right
Fan-out Fan-out
Left
Fan-out
I/O Drawer
I/O Drawer
184
One Processor
Two Processors
8, 4, 6, 7, 5
2, 8, 4, 6, 1, 7, 3, 5
Drawer Max
1 Drawer Max
S824L (No GPU) I/O Drawers

1, 2, 3, 4
5, 6, 7, 8
POWER8
#1
POWER8
#0
Left
Right
Fan-out Fan-out
Left
Right
Fan-out Fan-out
I/O Drawer
I/O Drawer
Slot Priorities S824L

Two Processors
2, 8, 4, 6, 1, 7, 3, 5
2 Drawers Max
185
S812L I/O Drawers

4, 5, 6, 7, 8
POWER8
#0
Left
Fan-out
I/O Drawer
One Processor
8, 4, 6, 7, 5
Drawer Max
186
S822L I/O Drawers

1, 2, 3
4, 5, 6, 7, 8
POWER8
#1
POWER8
#0
Left
Right
Fan-out Fan-out
I/O Drawer
Two Processors
2, 8, 4, 6, 1, 7, 3, 5
1 Drawer Max
187
POWER8 E880
9119-MHE
Building Block
System Maximum
32 x 4.35 GHz
48 x 4.02 GHz
128 x 4.35 GHz

192 x 4.02 GHz
Sockets
16
Memory
256 GB 4 TB
1 TB 16 TB
Max Disk Drawer

(24 SFF bays)
32,
SOD to 128*
168
Integrated PCIe
8 PCIe Gen3 x16
32 PCIe Gen3 x16
1-4
1 - 16
48
192
POWER8
Processors *
DVD Bays
PowerVM Included
1 Year, 24x7 Warranty
I/O Drawers
Max PCIe Slots
* Note: E880 requires a system minimum of 8 core activations

188
POWER8 E870
9119-MME
Building Block
System Maximum
32 x 4.02 GHz
40 x 4.19 GHz
64 x 4.02 GHz
80 x 4.19 GHz
Sockets
Memory
256 GB 4 TB
512 8 TB
DVD Bays
Max Disk Drawers

(24 SFF bays)
64
128
Integrated PCIe
8 PCIe Gen3 x16
16 PCIe Gen3 x16
Max I/O Drawers
1-4
1-8
Max PCIe Slots*
48
96
POWER8
Processors *
PowerVM Included
1 Year, 24x7 Warranty
* Note: E870 requires a system minimum of 8 core activations

189
POWER8 E850
System (8408-E8E) 4U
3 Year 24x7 Warranty
(varies by country)
POWER8
Processors
Two - Four 8-core 3.70 GHz

Sockets (S)
2, 3, or 4 (Field Upgradable + COD)
Memory
Media Bays
Integrated PCIe
128 GB 2 TB (SOD 4TB*)

50% Active
1 slim line DVD
2-socket: 4 Gen3 x16, 3 Gen3 x8
1 x8 slot must have Ethernet adapter
Internal SAS Bays
8 SFF Disk/SSD and 4 SSD
Max I/O Drawers
2S: 2, 3S: 3, 4S: 4
Max PCIe Slots
2S: 27, 3S: 39, 4S: 51
* Statements of direction represent plans only and are subject to change without notice.
190
POWER8 S824
System (8286-42A) 4U
3 Year 9x5 Warranty
POWER8
Processors
Sockets
1 or 2 (Field Upgradable)
Memory
32 GB - 1 TB (1S)
32 GB - 2 TB (2S)
Media Bays
Integrated PCIe
1 slim line DVD

Four x16 + Seven x8 PCIe Gen3
Internal SAS Bays
12 SFF Disk/SSD
or 18 SFF Disk/SSD and 8 SSD
Max I/O Drawers
1 for 1-socket, 2 for 2-socket
Max PCIe Slots
191
One or two 6-core 3.89 GHz

Two 12-core 3.52 GHz
1-socket: 17, 2-socket: 31
POWER8 S814
POWER8
Processors
Sockets
Memory
16 GB - 64 GB (4-core)
16 GB - 512 GB (6 or 8-core)
Media Bays
3 Year 9x5 Warranty
Integrated PCIe
1 slim line DVD

Two x16 + Five x8 PCIe Gen3
Internal SAS Bays
12 SFF Disk/SSD
or 18 SFF Disk/SSD (6 or 8 core)
Max I/O Drawers
1 for 6/8 core models
Max PCIe Slots
192
One 4-core 3.02 GHz (rack/tower)

One 6-core 3.02 GHz (rack/tower)
One 8-core 3.72 GHz (rack)
4-core: 7, 6/8 core: 17
POWER8 S822
NEBS Compliant
POWER8
Processors
3 Year 9x5 Warranty
Sockets
1 or 2 (Field Upgradeable)
Memory
32 GB - 512 GB (1S)
32 GB - 1 TB (2S)
Media Bays
Integrated PCIe
Four x16 + Five x8 PCIe Gen3

Internal SAS Bays
12 SFF Disk/SSD
Or 8 SFF Disk/SSD + 6 SSD
Max I/O Drawers
1 fan-out for 1 socket, 1 for 2-socket
Max PCIe Slots
193
1 slim line DVD
1-socket: 10, 2-socket: 17
POWER8 S824L
System (8247-42L) 4U
POWER8
Processors
3 Year 9x5 Warranty

Two 8-core 4.15 GHz
Sockets
Memory
32 GB - 1 TB
Media Bays
Integrated PCIe
1 slim line DVD

Four x16 + Seven x8 PCIe Gen3
Internal SAS Bays
12 SFF Disk/SSD
Max I/O Drawers
2*
Max PCIe Slots
1-socket: 17*, 2-socket: 31*
* No GPU installed and PowerVM

194
POWER8 S812L
3 Year 9x5 Warranty
POWER8
Processors
Sockets
Memory
16 GB - 512 GB
Media Bays
1 slim line DVD
Integrated PCIe
Two x16 + Four x8 PCIe Gen3

Internal SAS Bays
12 SFF Disk/SSD
Max I/O Drawers
1 Fan-out
Max PCIe Slots
195
One 10-core 3.42 GHz

10
POWER8 S822L
3 Year 9x5 Warranty
POWER8
Processors
Sockets
Memory
32 GB - 1 TB
Media Bays
Integrated PCIe
Internal SAS Bays
196

1 slim line DVD

Four x16 + Five x8 PCIe Gen3
12 SFF Disk/SSD
Max I/O Drawers
Max PCIe Slots
17
POWER8 S812LC
System (8348-21C) 2U
3 Year 9x5 Warranty

Customer Repair
On-line Order
POWER8
Processors
Memory
Media Bays
197
One 8-core 3.32 GHz

32 GB - 1024 GB
None
Integrated PCIe
One x16 + Three x8 PCIe Gen3
Internal
SAS/SATA Bays
12 LFF Hot swap Disk/SSD (front)

2 LFF Disk/SSD (rear)
Optional RAID controller
Max I/O Drawers
Max PCIe Slots
4 PCIe Gen3
OS,VM Support
Linux, KVM or Bare Metal
POWER8 S822LC - GCA

System (8355-GCA) 2U
3 Year 9x5 Warranty

Customer Repair
On-line Order
POWER8
Processors
Memory
Media Bays
Integrated PCIe
Internal SATA
Bays
Max I/O Drawers
198
Two 8-core 3.32 GHz

32 GB - 1024 GB
None
One x8 CAPI enabled, one x8
There x16 CAPI enabled (2 support GPUs)
2 SFF Disk/SSD
Integrated RAID controller (0,1,10)
0
Max PCIe Slots
5 Available
OS,VM Support
Linux, KVM or Bare Metal
POWER8 S822LC - GTA

System (8355-GTA) 2U
3 Year 9x5 Warranty

Customer Repair
On-line Order
POWER8
Processors
Memory
Media Bays
Integrated PCIe
Internal SATA
Bays
Max I/O Drawers
199
Two 8-core 3.32 GHz

128 GB - 1024 GB
None
One x8 CAPI enabled, one x8
One x16 CAPI enabled, Two x16 with GPU
2 SFF Disk/SSD
Integrated RAID controller (0,1,10)
0
Max PCIe Slots
3 Available, 2 NVIDIA K80 GPU
OS,VM Support
Linux, Bare Metal
OpenPOWER LC Models Sample List Price
S812LC
S822LC GCA
S822LC GTA
1x10-core 2.92 GHz

256 GB Memory
2 x 1 TB SATA
1 x 2 port 10Gb Ethernet
2x10-core 2.92 GHz

256 GB Memory
2 x 1 TB SATA
1 x 2 port 10Gb Ethernet
2x8-core 3.32 GHz

256 GB Memory
2 x 1 TB SATA
2 NVIDA K80 GPU
1 x 4 port Ethernet
(2-10GbE, 20-1GbE)
$12,999
$17,515
$45,404
All hardware and software list prices are effective as of 12/01/2015, and are subject to change without notice.
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Hardware Modes Simplify Operations

POWER8 Server
POWER6
POWER7
POWER8
Mode VM
Mode VM
Mode VM
Virtualization
Workload Migration
201
VM Mobility
Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)

VM 1
VM 2
VM 3
VM 4
Direct Ethernet
virtualization
Lower CPU overhead
Better throughput
QoS capable
Up to 64*
Virtual Functions
Example: 4-port PCIe3 10Gb Ethernet Adapter
* Note: The number of Virtual Functions available per adapter or port is adapter dependent
202
Control Flow
Data Flow
SR-IOV Backed vNIC

VIOS
Logical
Port
Logical
Port
vNIC
Server
vNIC
Server
AIX or
IBM i
AIX or
IBM i
Data
Data
vNIC
Adapter
vNIC
Adapter
PowerVM
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Direct Ethernet virtualization

Low CPU overhead / high throughput
Live partition mobility capable
QoS capable
Virtual HMC
Power
HMC
V8.8.4
Same functionality as
traditional HMC
x86 64-bit with Intel VT-x

or AMD-V
4 CPU, 8 GB memory,
160 GB disk, 2 NIC
VMware ESXi or Red Hat KVM
Mix HW and virtual HMC

License plus SWMA
POWER6
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POWER7
POWE8
SR-IOV Hardware Support

Model
SR-IOV Mode Supported Slots
S814
Slots C12, C10, C7, C6
S822
Slots C12, C10, C7, C6, C5, C3, C2
S824
Slots C12, C10, C7, C6, C5, C4, C3, C2
S812L
Slots C12, C10, C7, C6
S822L
Slots C12, C10, C7, C6, C5, C3, C2
S824L
Slots C12, C10, C7, C6, C5, C4, C3, C2
E850
All internal slots
E870
All internal slots
E880
All internal slots
I/O Drawer
Slots C1 and C4 of the 6-slot fan-out module
Note: Green denotes additional slots available when all processor sockets are populated.
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SR-IOV Software Support
206
Software
SR-IOV Software Support
AIX
AIX 6.1 TL9 SP5 and APAR IV68443 or later

AIX 7.1 TL3 SP5 and APAR IV68444 or later
AIX 7.1 TL2 SP7 or later (planned availability 3Q 2015)
AIX 6.1 TL8 SP7 or later (planned 3Q 2015)
IBM i
IBM i 7.1 TR10 or later

IBM i 7.2 TR2 or later
Require either VIOS or SR-IOV mode except for the most
recent adapter group: EN15, EN16, EN17, and EN18
Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 or later

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, big endian, or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, little endian, or later
SUSE
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 or later
Ubuntu
Ubuntu 15.04 or later
PowerVM
Firmware 830 available June, 2015 and HMC V8.830

AIX Levels S814/S822/S824 (6/14)

11 / 2012 2 / 2012 3 / 2013 5 / 2013 8 / 2013 9 / 2013 10 / 2013 12 / 2013 2Q / 2014 3Q / 2014
AIX 6.1
TL7
SP6
AIX 6.1
TL8
SP1
SP7
SP2
SP8
SP9
SP10
SP3
SP4
SP5
AIX 6.1
TL9
SP1
AIX 7.1
TL1
SP6
AIX 7.1
TL2
SP1
SP7
SP2
SP8
SP9
SP10
SP3
SP4
SP5
AIX 7.1
TL3
SP1
P7 or P6 Modes with
Virtual I/O
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SP3
P7 or P6 Modes with
Full I/O Support
SP3
P8, P7 or P6 Modes
with Full I/O Support
AIX Levels E870/E880 (10/14)

11/2012 2/2012
AIX 6.1
TL8
SP1
3/2013
5/2013 8/2013
SP2
SP3
AIX 6.1
TL9
AIX 7.1
TL2
SP4
SP1
SP1
SP2
SP3
AIX 7.1
TL3
P7 or P6 Modes with
Virtual I/O
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9/2013 10/2013 12/2013 2Q/2014 3Q/2014 4Q/2014
SP3
SP4
SP1
P7 or P6 Modes with
Full I/O Support
SP5
P8, P7 or P6 Modes
with Virtual I/O
SP4
SP5
SP3
SP6
SP6
SP4
P8, P7 or P6 Modes
with Full I/O Support
POWER8 IBM i Support by Hardware Mode

Standard maximum allowed
cores per LPAR
Maximum allowed cores per

LPAR with Lab Services
approved RPQ
P6 / 6+
SMT2
P7 / 7+
SMT4
P8
SMT8
P6 / 6+
SMT2
P7 / 7+
SMT4
P8
SMT8
6.1
32
32
Not
supported
64
32 SMT4
64 SMT2
Not
supported
7.1
32
32
32
64
64
32 SMT8
64 SMT4
7.2
32
32
48
64
96
96
IBM i
Release
Level
209
POWER8 Linux Support by Hardware Mode

Release
POWER7
POWER8
RHEL 6.5
Yes
Not Supported
RHEL 6.6
Yes
Not Supported
RHEL 7.0
Yes
RHEL 7.1 (BE)
Yes
RHEL 7.1 (LE)
Yes
SLES 11 + SP3
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Yes
Not Supported
SLES 12 (LE)
Yes
Ubuntu (LE) 14.04.00/01
Yes
Ubuntu (LE) 14.04.00/02
Yes
POWER8: Fewer Unplanned Outages

Dynamic sparing capability for all major components
Cores and memory

Cache
Busses
Power and cooling
Clocks and service processors
Power hypervisor and VIOS mirroring

Significant elimination of soft errors
Mean time to failure of over 330,000 years for soft errors on P7 780
POWER8 is expected to be even better
POWER8 can reduce outages with less need for clusters and HA
211
Scale Resources Independently as Needed

CPU and Memory
I/O
Module systems
I/O drawers
Field upgrades
Hot plug adapters
CoD
Dynamic LPAR
Enterprise Pools
Dynamic LPAR
212
Match configuration to needs
Lower core based software costs
Scale for changing workloads
Better investment protection
Workloads with unknown capacity
Improved availability and isolation
Performance per Core
System Design and Complex Workloads

Simple Workload
(Benchmark)
Multiple Workloads
Large Caches
High Bandwidth
Robust Virtualization
Small Caches
Low Bandwidth
Simple Virtualization
Workload Complexity
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Power Cloud: Robust Low-Touch Virtualization

Prod
DB
Large
Single
Thread
Test
App
Small
Multi
Thread
Q/A
Web
High
Priority
Memory
Intensive
DR
Mobile
Low
Priority
I/O
Intensive
Robust virtualization with hardware enforced priority

enables high utilization mixed workload clouds
214
POWER8 Flexible Workload Deployment
Work to Resources
Pools of servers
Leverage VM mobility
Small/medium workloads
215
Resources to Work
CoD and Enterprise Pools
On-premise bursting
Large/complex workloads
Flexibly Activate or Move Capacity

Enterprise Pool
Available
CoD
Active
Capacity
216
Scale up or down with CoD
Low latency bursting
Move capacity within pool
On-premise control of data

Chip Transistor Budget
POWER8 (8.7B Equivalent)
Intel Haswell (5.6B)
Fewer bigger cores
More smaller cores
Large scale virtualization
Light weight virtualization
EMR, ERP, database
Core centric workloads
Core based software
217
Power Virtualization: Comprehensive & Flexible

Core
I/O
Other
Dedicated
Shared dedicated
Pool
Multiple sub-pools
Memory
Dedicated
Shared
Deduplication
Compression (AIX)
PowerVM Mirroring
Dedicated
Virtual disk
Virtual FC
Virtual Ethernet
Virtual optical/tape
SR-IOV
VM mobility
Suspend/resume
Remote restart
Dynamic LPAR
CoD
PowerKVM (Linux)
Storage Pools
Other Tools
PowerVC
PowerVP
Linked clones
Snapshots
Storage mobility
Thin provisioning
AIX Virtualization
Workload partitions
Versioned WPARs
Virtualization on Power
218
PowerVM Virtualization Highlights
AIX
IBM i
HMC
Virtual
I/O
Linux
PowerVM Hypervisor
219
Scalable
Secure
I/O
Mobility
Available
Cores
Memory
Tooling
I/O Virtualization Models

In-Hypervisor
VM
I/O Owning VM
VIO
VM
DD
DD
PCI
220
Hyp.
DD
PCI
Direct Virtualization
VIO
VM
DD
DD
Hyp.
PCI
Hyp.
PCI
PCI
Availability
Mobility
Workload isolation
Number of VMs
PCI
POWER Servers Can Easily Mix Workloads

Combined Micropartition CPU Utilization (Stacked)
Mix of production, development, test, database, and application

42 core shared pool with 89 LPARs average 80% utilization
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Power Systems Drive High Throughput

Core Performance
Average Utilization
Cache, interconnect,
and threading
Virtualization and
availability design
High bandwidth
Software licensing
support
High core frequency
Statistical multiplexing
222
POWER8 Hardware Encryption
Algorithm
POWER7+
POWER8
On-Chip
On-Chip
In-Core
AES-GCM
AES-CTR
AES-CBC
AES-ECB
SHA-256
SHA-512
RNG
CRC
Source: Performance Characteristics of the POWER8 Processor, Alex Mericas, IBM Corporation
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Sustained Memory Bandwidth per Socket

POWER8
Enterprise
230 GB/s
POWER7
68 GB/s
32
GB/s
POWER6
50
100
150
200
250
Memory Bandwidth (GB/s)

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POWER8 Cache: Big, Close, and Smart
Large working sets

Single thread sensitive
Multi-threaded
225
Virtualization
Shared data
Write burst traffic

55% lower latency reads
Mixed reads and writes
On-line Transaction Processing
Single-Thread
Sensitive
226
Multi-Thread
Capable
POWER8 L1 and L2 Cache: Close and Big
Large
Working Sets
Single Thread
Sensitive
Level 1: 96 KB per Core

227
Multi-Threaded
Workloads
Level 2: 512 KB per Core

POWER8 Level 3 Cache: Big and Smart

Core
Core
Core
Core
Core
8 MB
8MB
8 MB
8MB
Fast
8 MB
96 MB
Virtualization
228
OLTP database
POWER8 Level 4 Cache: Big and Smart

Part of every memory card
L4
Cache
Data in
Memory
Better real-world performance
Up to 55% lower read latency

Levels out write burst traffic
Reduces read/write transitions
Reduces memory power
Fewer memory operations
POWER8
Memory Card
229
Energy Reduction Techniques

Instrument
230
Turn Off
Turn Down
POWER8 EnergyScale Technologies

Power Supplies
Memory
On-Chip
Controller
Fans
PowerVM
Cores/Chips
EnergyScale
for I/O
231
Power saver modes

Processor folding
Idle modes
POWER8 Idle Modes
232
Core
Core
Core
L2
L2
L2
L3
Slice
L3
Slice
L3
Slice
Nap
Sleep
Winkle
POWER7+ Chip Energy Management

120%
Running
100%
Idle Loop
80%
Idle Modes
60%
40%
20%
0%
Turbo
Nominal
Power Saver
Nap
Sleep
Winkle
Source: Runtime Power Reduction Capability of the IBM POWER7+ Chip, IBM J. Research and Development, vol. 57, no. 6, November/December 2013
233
POWER8 Accelerator Partners
234
NVIDIA
CUDA
Altera OpenCL - SDK
Xilinx Vivado HLS

w/OpenCL (Demo)
PCIe x16
NVLink (Future)
Nallatech CAPI - SDK
Xilinx CAPI (Demo)
NVIDIA GPU
Altera FPGA
Nallatech Board
Xilinx FPGA
Redundant Power to System Control Unit

Power
Supply
Power
Supply
Left
Right
FSP
Card
Power
Supply
235
System
Node 1
Clock
Card
Clock
Card
FSP
Card
System
Control Unit
Power
Supply
System
Node 2
L4 Cache
POWER8 RAS Improvements

Data
Lines
Spare
POWER8
Chip
Spare DRAM chips and bus on scale-out

Spare L2 and L3 cache columns
Hot-swap PCI adapters
Memory mirroring on E880/E870/E850

Dual service processors and clocks (E880/E870)
236
POWER8 Enterprise Systems Heritage
POWER7 795
POWER7 770/780
No primary node
19 inch rack
Modular design
Up to 4 CEC nodes
PCIe slots in nodes
Blind swap adapters
Shared midplane
Service processors
System clocks
Large memory
Combine the best features from POWER7 Enterprise servers
237
POWER8 System Control Unit

Power
Ports
Right Half
Hot-Plug
Clock Batteries
Left Half
Power
Ports
Service
Processor Card
Clock
Card
HMC Ports
Clock
Card
Service
Processor Card
HMC Ports
Improves availability of all E870 and E880 configurations

238
POWER8 I/O Drawer

PCIe Optical Interface to System Node
Dual
Power
Cords
239
Fan-out Module
Fan-out Module
6 PCIe Gen3 slots

4 x8 and 2 x16
6 PCIe Gen3 slots

4 x8 and 2 x16
POWER8 Enterprise I/O Drawers

System
Node
240
POWER8 Peak I/O Bandwidth

POWER8 SCM
PCIe Gen3 x16

(2) 32 GB/s
x
1
6
x
1
6
64 GB/s
Peak Bandwidth
241
POWER8 DCM
PCIe Gen3 x16

(2) 32 GB/s
x
8
x
1
6
x
8
x
1
6
PCIe Gen3 x8
(2) 16 GB/s
96 GB/s
Peak Bandwidth
EXP24S SFF Gen2-bay Drawer

(24) 2.5 inch hot-swap
SAS or SSD disks
Ordered as 1,2, or 4
sets of disks*
Front
Redundant power
Rear
* Applies to orders for AIX, Linux, and VIOS, IBM i is ordered as 1 set
242
For 22 Straight Years, IBM Leads in Patents

2014 U.S. Patents
8,000
7534
7,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
#1
3,000
2829
2566
1578
2,000
1474
804
1,000
0
IBM
Microsoft Google
Intel
HP
Oracle
Source: http://www.ificlaims.com/index.php?page=misc_top_50_2014, as of January 12, 2015

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Real TCA and TCO Savings with POWER8
Utilization
Guarantee
To qualify clients must implement each of the criteria set forth in the POWER8 Performance Guarantee Requirements. See IBM for full details and remediation steps IBM will take in accordance with the Guarantee.
244
POWER8 Performance Utilization Guarantee
65%
70%
80%
POWER8
Scale-Out
POWER8
E850
POWER8
E870 or E880
Real TCA and TCO Savings with
To qualify clients must implement each of the criteria set forth in the POWER8 Performance Guarantee Requirements. See IBM for full details and remediation steps IBM will take in accordance with the Guarantee.
245
Power Virtualization Performance (PowerVP)

Real and virtual resources
Individual VMs
System view
Real-time information
Replay saved data
AIX, Linux, IBM i
246
Shift From PCs to Mobile Devices

Gartner Estimated
Worldwide Shipments (Millions)
2,500
2,000
1,500
PC shipments expected to fall in 2015

Mobile dominated by ARM processors
1,000
500
0
PCs
Tablets
2013
2014
Cell Phones
2015
Source: http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2875017
247
Intel Major Processor Markets

Lost ~$4.2
Billion in
2014
~62% of
2014
Revenue
IBMs Sole
Focus is on the
Server Market
Mobile
Desktop/Laptops
Servers
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-15/intel-sales-forecast-misses-estimates-signaling-deeper-pc-slump
248
IBM Research - 7 Nanometer and Beyond

Carbon Nanotubes
IBM demonstrated a 10,000 transistor chip
IBM demonstrated a 9nm transistor
5x-10x better performance
Graphene
IBM demonstrated a 100 GHz transistor
IBM demonstrated a functional circuit
10,000x better performance
249
Can a Company be Successful Outsourcing Chip

Fabrication?
Apple Inc.
2014 Revenue:
$182.79 Billion
2014 Net Income:
$39.51 Billion
2014 iPhone, iPad, iPod Units Sold: 251 Million
Number of chips manufactured: 0
250
Chip FAB Construction Costs are Rising

Chip FAB Construction Cost
12
$10B
Cost ($B)
10
8
$6B
6
4
2
$1B
Albany Business Review
0
130 nm
GlobalFoundries projects
that a computer chip
manufacturing plant in
NY would cost $14.7
billion to build.
28 nm
14 nm
Semiconductor Manufacturing and Design

http://semimd.com/blog/tag/globalfoundries/
251
Here Be Dragons
22 nm
14 nm
10 nm 7 nm
2014/15
2015/16
2017 - 2022
Silicon based lithography is approaching its limits
252
IBM Maintains Control of Power and z Systems
253
Stage
Description
Provider
Design
Create individual chip components

and assembling them into
synergistic microprocessor solutions
IBM
Materials
Science
The research and development

underlying new semiconductor
technology innovations
IBM
Manufacturing
Leverage design and materials

science to produce chips in
commercially sustainable quantities
GlobalFoundries
What is IBM Doing About Price/Performance?
254
$3 Billion
Investment
OpenPOWER
Foundation
To push the limits

of chip
technology
Open workload
accelerators and
advanced platform
optimization
Power Capacity on Demand
1 Day
Permanent
Cores, and
memory
Elastic
Utility
Trial
Cores and
memory
Cores only
Cores and
memory
By the day
255
By the minute
By the month
Defense in Depth Japanese Castles
256
Moats, High Steep Walls, Hills
Labyrinth of Walled Passages
Manned Guard Stations
Nightingale Floors
Defense in Depth - IBM Security Framework
Data
Application
Infrastructure
Security
People
257
Security
Analytics
Cloud Requires Responsive Infrastructure
Intelligent VM
Placement
Ongoing VM
Rebalancing
Cloud Stack
258
Instantaneous
Demand
Infrastructure
The Nature of Analytics is Changing
Later
Traditional
259
Limited user mix

Historical data
Batch like queries
Human tuned
Real-Time
Big Data
Business user mix

Unstructured data
Large volumes
Scale Out
Broad user mix

Actionable data
Speed matters
Self optimizing
IBM Owns the Stack

WebSphere
Single vendor does
Design
AIX
Optimization
Testing
PowerVM
Translates to
Power Server
Better performance
Higher availability
POWER8 Chip
260
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