Telum processor for IBM LinuxONE

Advancing the future of mission-critical workloads with the next-generation IBM Telum chip
Telum II and Spyre Accelerator Explore IBM LinuxONE 5

AI-optimized for mission-critical workloads

The IBM® Telum® processor powers IBM LinuxONE 4 with AI acceleration, security and high performance for mission-critical workloads. Its successor, Telum II, is the foundation of IBM LinuxONE 5, enhancing performance, memory capacity and AI capabilities. Designed for scalability, these processors optimize AI, cloud and transactional applications across industries like banking, finance and healthcare while delivering speed, reliability and energy efficiency.
IBM Telum™ II chip front with shadow Second generation

Telum II powering IBM LinuxONE 5

The IBM Telum II Processor features a built-in low-latency data processing unit (DPU) for accelerated I/O, improved efficiency and the next generation of on-chip AI acceleration. With 32 cores across 4 interconnected clusters and 10 Level-2 caches1, it enhances cache coherency and performance. Its virtual L3 and L4 caches have grown by 40%2, reaching 360 MB and 2.8 GB, driving faster data processing and scalability.
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Front and back image of chip First generation

Telum powering IBM LinuxONE 4

The IBM Telum processor is a 7-nm chip built for AI-driven insights in high-volume transactional workloads. It features 8 cores clocked over 5GHz, a 32MB private L2 cache and a 256MB virtual L3 with 2GB L4 cache. With 1.5x more cache per core than its predecessor, Telum enhances performance, ensuring fast response times for complex transactions with real-time AI inference.
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Processor features
Accelerated AI

Telum enables on-chip AI for real-time fraud detection and risk analytics. Telum II enhances AI on IBM LinuxONE with 4x compute power, a high-speed DPU and deep learning, enabling more complex models and faster processing.3
Integrated security

Both processors offer advanced security, end-to-end encryption and confidential computing. Telum II introduces further enhanced quantum-safe cryptography and hardware-based tamper detection, further securing sensitive workloads.4
Energy efficiency

Telum is designed for sustainability, reducing power consumption while maintaining performance. Telum II improves efficiency further with up to 15% core power reduction, optimizing operations without compromising speed.5
Resilience and high availability

Designed for 99.999999% uptime, Telum ensures continuous operation with self-healing and automatic failover. Telum II enhances system redundancy, minimizing downtime for mission-critical environments.
High performance

Telum provides 8 cores with 16 threads per core for parallel processing at up to 5.5 GHz. Telum II expands cache, introduces a DPU for accelerated I/O and further reduces latency for data-intensive applications.6
Hybrid and multicloud optimization

Telum is cloud-native, supporting Kubernetes, Red Hat® OpenShift® and major cloud providers. Telum II expands integration capabilities and optimizes workload portability across hybrid and multicloud environments.7

Scalable AI for complex workloads

PCIe chip Spyre Accelerator

The IBM Spyre™ Accelerator is a 75W PCIe Gen 5x AI accelerator with 128 GB LPDDR5 memory, optimized for generative AI and multimodal LLMs.8 Featuring 32 (+2) cores with a 2 MB scratchpad per core and >55% core utilization, Spyre scales by card and drawer, enabling businesses to handle complex AI inferencing efficiently across enterprise applications.

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Footnotes

1, 2,  3,  4,  5, 6, 7 All projections for Telum II are based on pre-release hardware measurements and configurations.

8 The IBM Spyre Accelerator is current in tech preview.