IBM z196

The z196 microprocessor is a chip made by IBM for their zEnterprise 196 and zEnterprise 114 mainframe computers, announced on July 22, 2010. The processor was developed over a three-year time span by IBM engineers from Poughkeepsie, New York; Austin, Texas; and Böblingen, Germany at a cost of US$1.5 billion. Manufactured at IBM's Fishkill, New York fabrication plant, the processor began shipping on September 10, 2010. IBM stated that it was the world's fastest microprocessor at the time.

z196
General information
Launched2010
Designed byIBM
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate3.8 GHz to 5.2 GHz
Cache
L1 cache64 KB instruction
128 KB data
per core
L2 cache1.5 MB
per core
L3 cache24 MB
shared
Architecture and classification
Technology node45 nm
Instruction setz/Architecture (ARCHLVL 3)
Physical specifications
Cores
  • 4
History
Predecessor(s)z10
Successor(s)zEC12
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