IBM running Power5 prototypes

Fushigi

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More Power5 goodness.

- Dynamic power management shuts down portions of the core that aren't in use.
- IBM SMT should be more efficient than Intel HT.
- Larger L2 cache.
- Integrated memory controller.
- Maybe a faster FPU.
- Database & networking accelerators also on the chip package.
 
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