IBM Power?

[Sten]

Hi All
Any idea what it`s?
Maybe it is POWER 2 cpu but Iam not sure
Please advise
Thanks

[D.8080]

This IBM is cool, Sun sparc style!

IBM had strange designs, but good for the eyes!!

[el_gecko]

Don't know what is it but would love to have one

Maybe ItsMeOnly or Doccy could have an idea...

[el_gecko]

Do you remember what kind of system ran this chip ? Or how many of this chip were inside ?

POWER2 was mainly used in eight-chip and single chip (POWER2 SC) systems.

[wepwawet]

Google gives nothing.
I counted 738 pins. pretty much.
The size seems to be bigger as a 486 but much smaller than a mainframe CPU.

I guess it came from an early IBM server, the holes for the screws are a hint for that too.
Something between 50 and 300 MHz.

I'd like to see the back of the chip when this giant heatsink is removed.

[el_gecko]

Note: POWER2 chips ran at 55, 66 and 71,5 MHz. POWER2 SC ran at 135 MHz.

[Sten]

Size of this chip is 8x8cm (3.14x3.14 inches) It should have 750pins

[ItsMeOnly]

Well thanks for mentioning me, but I'm puzzled about this one as well, however it might be so called Companion Unit for System 390.

Of course, Power2 is not excluded at all, although I'm not sure they used any form of PGA for these.

[bccwchan]

Hi Sten,

I have similar one

IBM Power2 cpu with board running at 67Mhz.




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Hope this helps,

Billy
Bccwchan