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IBM Power Systems E870 and E880 Technical Overview and Introduction
Figure 2-5 shows the SMP connection topology for a four-drawer Power E880.
Figure 2-5
SMP connection topology for a four-drawer Power E880
2.2 The IBM POWER8 processor
This section introduces the latest processor in the IBM Power Systems product family, and
describes its main characteristics and features.
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