Power.org™, the open collaborative organization that enables, develops and promotes Power Architecture® technology, has finalized the Power ISA™ Version 2.04, an incremental step to improve server architecture that enables enhanced virtualization and reliability on non-embedded Power server systems. Power ISA is the base for all Power processor hardware and software.
Increasingly, customers demand highly partitioned server environments that run 24/7. The Power ISA Version 2.04 allows systems built to its specification to improve virtualization capabilities and to enhance reliability, important characteristics of Power servers. Virtualized partition memory enables memory management improvement in a virtual server environment and virtual page class key protection allows for improved storage protection and software reliability. For more information, visit www.Power.org.
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