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Figure 7-6 Configuring the processor compatibility mode
7.3.2 TurboCore and MaxCore modes
POWER7 high-end servers (780 and 795) offer two processor running modes:
MaxCore (default)
The MaxCore mode allows for all processor cores in the system to be activated.
TurboCore
The TurboCore mode allows for half of the processor cores in the system to be activated,
but the cores run at a higher speed and have access to the entire L3 cache on the chip.
The TurboCore mode allows the processor cores to execute at a higher frequency (about
7.25% higher) and to have more processor cache per core ...
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