IBM Power 6 info appears on Japanese site

A presentation slide providing an overview of IBM's 'Power' architecture roadmap has appeared on a Japanese news site, revealing details of the Power 5+ and the Power 6 processors.

According to the slide, the Power 5+ will represent a 90nm shrink of the Power 5 processor, while the all new Power 6 will be shrunk to 65nm.

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The Power 6 will also include ultra high frequency cores, multiple Level 2 caches, and unspecified 'advanced system functions'.

The G5 processors that power Apple Computer's current Power Mac G5 systems are derived from IBM's POWER 4. Some time next year Apple is expected to announce plans for a Power Mac built around a processor based on the POWER 5.

While the slide does not provide groundbreaking details, it represents a preview of IBM's plans for the Power architecture, and hence, future PowerPC processors.